They shone like a blazing sun! Five partridges in gleaming suits of orange, born with the ability to crack a nut at 50 paces. Surely, they were powerful enough creatures to take on these links. Eddi Del Rio – A handful of bots and beautiful scenes in the painting and illustration of this California concept…
That roaring tiger head coming out of a lattice work structure? That’s Shapeways. On their blog and at the Inside 3D Printing conference this week, they announced a $30 million round of funding from Andreessen Horowitz’s Chris Dixon. He’ll be joining the executive board and, you better believe it 3D shop-makin’, material-bakin’ fiends, Shapeways is preparing to tear into the arterial neck casing of 3D Printing possibility… with, ya know, refinement and not so much a mess.
You all know Jeff Bare. We interviewed him on EngineerVsDesigner (Episode 5!!) About a year ago, he started working with a new watersport company named ZUP. It’s like ‘Up’ with a Z or when you punch your homey in the face and say, ‘wha ZUP.” They’ve developed a whole new product that makes skimming across the water so much more fun and SO much more possible than ever before.
This week we have the great pleasure to speak with the founder of the ever-popular NerdFitness.com, Mr. Steve Kamb! Steve has developed a loyal following of hundreds of thousands of readers through his unique fitness site aimed at Nerds from all walks of life. We’ll talk with Steve about everything from why he preaches the Paleo diet, to gamifying your life, to how to stay active at your desk while hammering through those CAD models. Rock!
This is where I really appreciate the facility of having a 3D printer in the home. Instead of chocking up a couple hundred bucks for a semi-pro steadi-cam or building another make-shift camera holder with off-the-shelf parts, print the major components and bolt them together. We just couldn’t wait to put this on Cool Tools of Doom, so here it is, a 3D Printed Steadi-cam. Of course, the entire thing isn’t 3D printed, but you do get the part list and files to make your own. What we’re really wondering though, is how you would make it better?