In DESIGN

RoboSnail: A Robotic Aquarium Cleaner that Scoops-up Slime? Yes!

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Most folks can probably agree that it has been fun watching the progression of affordable domestic robots evolve in the post-millennium era. Undoubtedly, it is becoming increasingly conventional to employ automated machines to facilitate routine tasks that would have been manual ones not ten years ago. However, it is still fairly uncommon to find free-range robotic devices in the home-setting, aside from the occasional iRobot Roomba. But as we all know, other domestic robots are certainly out there—it is mostly a matter of balancing their practicality with their price points that is preventing them from gaining a greater footing in the household environment.

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In SMACKDOWN

Friday Smackdown: Kettle Goiler

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First, it was the persistence of a calm wind that brought the pungent odor of their troop to our senses. Lock-step through the valley they crept as ninja-like as their shadows stretched atop the shadows of the cliff faces. Riding amidst them, riding the kettle goiler, was one drenched in the dark, reigns to each…

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In FAB

The Sense: 3D Systems Launches Handheld 3D Scanner for $399 to Be Sold at Staples

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With their recent launch of Cubify Design, you would think that 3D Systems would hypothetically be sitting back in the boardroom drinking coffee and eating jelly doughnuts while waiting for the world to take notice. While that actually doesn’t sound like a bad way to spend a Friday morning, 3D Systems are keeping their momentum moving with the announcement of a consumer-friendly handheld 3D scanner that aims to bring portable and professional scanning performance into the hands of consumers for less than $400 in the form of the Sense 3D Scanner.

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In DESIGN

Pursuing Plush Paradise: Ostrich Pillow Makers Soon to Produce More Portable Version

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One year ago, Madrid-based architecture and design studio Kawamura-Ganjavian introduced their Ostrich Pillow concept to the masses on Kickstarter. After crowd-sourcing nearly three times their original $70k fundraising goal, the company brought their head-enveloping pillow to market, and some might argue, laid seeds to revolutionize the world of napping. But they didn’t stop there—K-G Studio is back on Kickstarter, and this time, with a firm backing of power-napping aficionados who want to see the company’s new concept, the Ostrich Pillow Light, facilitate the napping-style of big dreamers the world over. The project was fully-funded within the first seventy-two hours of its thirty-two day fundraising period, and currently has just a few days left to go.

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In DESIGN

First All-Metal 3D Printed Gun Made (and Fired) in Texas

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Boy, howdy. Just when you think it’s not safe to walk down a dark alley unarmed, a 3D printing service company out of Austin, Texas goes and prints a metal gun. Solid Concepts has ‘done gone’ the unthinkable (to some), the unimaginable (to others), and has used lasers, powdered metal and considerable time to 3D print a classic 1911 pistol, complete with hand grips, which were also 3D printed. They were successful manufacturing the gun with this process and, as you’ll see, were also successful firing the gun.

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