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In DESIGN

NU: A 3D Printed Bracelet Coded by Sound Characteristics in Rhino's Grasshopper

March 15, 2013 3 Mins Read

Invisible Light Network, an NYC-based creative studio specializing in interactive and experience design presented a 3D printing project at this year’s SXSW festival’s #FEED event. The #FEED event featured a number of artists and designer-types who combine the best of music and interactive art into a showcase of incredible experiences and innovative products. We had a moment to talk with ILN founder Elliot Blanchard about his new Shapeways API program that lets you wear ‘Purple Haze’ on your arm.

In CAD

BrickItUp Plans Real-time 3D Environment Creation and Collaboration

March 15, 2013 2 Mins Read

Are there not enough 3D creation, development and collaboration apps on the web? No sir, no there are not. Especially apps that take an approach that combines both the block-addicting fun of Minecraft and the web-modeling ease of Tinkercad. BrickItUp plans to take on the feat, they’re almost there and they have a Kickstarter campaign going to make it happen.

In SMACKDOWN

Friday Smackdown: Albino Porcupine Orbs

March 15, 2013 2 Mins Read

The shadows of the glass pane broke against the faces pushing through the blades of thick, matted grass. But the face of man they were not. Out of the soil they rose, massive albino porcupines encased in blazing orbs of blue fire, fueled by the quill-blazing power of these links. Nivanh Chanthara – New work from…

In COOL TOOLS

Cool Tools of Doom n’ Stuff: Episode 14

March 14, 2013 4 Mins Read

There was a sound at the door. It opened. There holding a small staff and a bottle of zebra skin, was Smoth Mealer and all the smoth babies. This week’s episode of Cool Tools of Doom n’ Stuff is live! We love our SolidSmack readers! Do you 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. Ready?…..Kick IT!

In CAD

How Rescale is Revamping the Idea of Cloud-based Simulation

March 14, 2013 3 Mins Read

You’re sitting at the computer waiting for an analysis to run. Suddenly a three-armed garden gnome with a smug look and a Garfield “Compute this” t-shirt offers to take your analysis pains away. He directs you to Rescale.com, grabs your luke-warm coffee and half-eaten cookie, then disappears. Rescale is probably not a company you’ve heard much about yet, but they’re taking on the challenge of serving up computing resources to off-load your analysis needs and approaching it in a very unique way.