In HIGHLIGHT

Smack Yourself With Savings on the Inside 3D Printing Conference, Melbourne

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It’s common knowledge that 28% of people printed in ABS cauliflower blue, prefer to be smacked with savings on a daily basis. Fortunately, the extruders have aligned and our good friends over at Mediabistro Inc. have 1) announced the program for the Melbourne, Australia Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo and 2) are providing SolidSmack readers with a huge, little discount on the price of admission. What in blazes could be going on to draw you to downtown Melbourne?? Date, Times and all that’s happening after the jump.

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In RADIO

SolidSmack Radio | Somewhere Between Here and There

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This week’s Spotify-powered SolidSmack Radio Playlist brings an entirely new face-smack of great music to help propel you through those laborious, tedious design tasks for the next few days.

This week we’re dusting off some of our favorite vinyls for a well-rounded mix of rock and roll classics. We’ll start with Rock and Roll from the Velvet Underground and work our way through some Bob Dylan, Talking Heads, Rolling Stones, and others before wrapping up with Suzanne from Leonard Cohen.

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In DESIGN

How To Make a 3D Printed Shiv (You Shouldn't Take On A Plane)

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There are several wonders to 3D printing technology: the machines, the materials, the art and… the people. Ah, the people giving us an unbridled release of creative genius. Like the laws of nature, some things are always best done in moderation and this, well, it applies to industry and hitting copy on a weapon printing machine. Now, most 3D printing facilities have a no-firearm and weapon printing policy, however there are several ways you can make yourself a fine ‘lil thang that you could – but shouldn’t take on a plane.

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In APPS

Splinedr Heats Up The Design App Space With A Lesson Or Two

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Eviathar Meye is a former Autodesk Product Manager for AutoCAD 360 and Project M3D, so technically he has the inside info on how the market works. It comes as no surprise that he put his knowledge to good use and brought us the Splinedr, which is a 3D modeling app for mobile devices. The genius in him had the itch to do some research and bring us an in-depth analysis on “the massive field of design apps.”

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