In FAB

Staples Opens up 'My Easy 3D', Teams up with CGTrader for 3D Printing Challenge

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Have you been crinkling your nose in the mirror, wondering about all the hullabaloo over Staples getting into the 3D printing scene? Well, with MCor Technologies as their partner, they just opened their local service in Europe, introducing “that was easy” to the hoards ready to get their 3D printing fix whilst picking up some notepads and paperclips. With it, they’ve launched a new site. You can get up to speed at Staples My Easy 3D, browsing, uploading and printing various 3D items. CG Trader is teaming up with Staples this month to celebrate the launch and provide another opportunity for CG artists to extend their reach into 3D printing. It’s the Staples 3D Printing Challenge. Here are the details…

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In FAB

What the Cluck?! Time to Get Artsy with Your Inner-Techie and the Egg-Bot!

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If you are thinking that it is about high-time to be bustin’ out the old pumpkin carving knife then think again! Egg-coloring season might still be seven months away, but Evil Mad Scientist’s “Original Egg-Bot” can lay graphics on a whole variety of spherical objects to keep you busy until spring. The manufacturer claims that their CNC robot can even print on mini pumpkins—so for those of you who prefer to let a finely-tuned motor take care of the tasks that would otherwise require your own fine motor skills, you can pick one of these up and leave the Band-Aids in the cupboard this Halloween!

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In FAB

The Smallest, Cheapest, Most Badassest 3D Printer You Will See This Year.

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I’m watching the video for a new 3D Printer project on Kickstarter. “Are there not enough of those EACH WEEK?!” Well, with this one I’m thinking… or rather, my skin is crawling out of itself (if that’s possible) growing a brainstem of it’s own and thinking, “Great gobs of laser-fused resin, FINALLY, new 3D print tech that is shifting the possibilities!” It is, far and away, the smallest, least expensive, most badassest printer we’ve seen this year. The price? $120 USD ($100 CAD). It’s called the Peachy Printer and the blown past their $50,000 CAD goal, nearing $500k with the better part of October to go. They are also committed to the project, files, software and hardware being completely, 100% open source. Here are the details.

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In COOL TOOLS

Cool Tools of Doom n' Stuff: Episode 36

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Brought to you this week by 3 field mice singing mariachi songs while sitting in a hot tub and drinking strawberry milk jiggles, be sure to check out the all new episode of Cool Tools of Doom n’ Stuff! By the way, we love our SolidSmack readers! Have something cool you’ve come across and want to share it on SolidSmack? Don’t hide it in your neck skin! Send it on in to smoth@www.solidsmack.com. Kick it!

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In SMACKDOWN

Friday Smackdown: From Under The Tin

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The blast peeled back the sides of the tin skirted fence rows, dirt churned to powder, those hidden behind revealed in their pale, hunched shapes half burrowing, half rising to escape, perhaps a bodily torment, but more a hunger that anticipated your next move… and your next… and your next… drawing their consumptive energies from…

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