Last week Luxology and The Foundry announced a merger. The CG/VFX scene was all abuzz and many a product designer head was popping out of cubicle, office windows and coffee shop to see what the craziness was all about. We caught up with Luxology CEO Brad Peebler to get the lowdown on the merger and find out exactly what it means for product designers who use modo.
All of us are recovering from what was a whole lot of fun in the Big Apple at World Maker Faire. More detailed posts will be forthcoming as we digest (AKA sleep/render video) on what occured. Suffice to say, success! In the meanwhile, I thought I’d post some pictures and quotes from a gem blogpost by one of my favourite RepRap members, RichRap (AKA Rhys Jones). Last week, he attended TCT2012 in Birmingham, UK. Whilst perusing tables of Makerbot and 3D Systems, among many others, he tested their ‘makerness’ …. a combination of attentiveness, niceness, low-BS-ness and Open-sourceness. By no means a scientific test, but something I wish I thought of. Results? Read on, compadre.
The chilling victory of the Racth Chaoal had severed the crowd of their voice. Deep outside the battle torn valley, isolation thickened the fair winds with mist and settling spore. The quiet so still, it shook them loose–the tiny sprites encased in these links. Rhads – What’s not to like about epic mountain and cloudy…
If you thought B-Peeb’s render god rap was good stuff, wait till you see this–It might just be the greatest thing in the history of all things nerdcore. Luke Parnell, a long time SolidSmack reader and a SolidWorks master, weaves the words about complex curves and sheet metal burrs in this video he put together for the launch of geojobi.com job board.
Rumors were swirling of the launch of a new 3D printer by a relatively unknown, yet pedigree group of MIT grads who call themselves Formlabs. And yesterday, they unveiled the Form 1 3D Printer on Kickstarter. Backed by glowing recommendations of John Hirschtick and Skylar Tibbits, the Form 1 seems to be an ‘it’s all that’ design. Encased in sleek metal and capped with a orange cover, it seems to exude a minimal and professional look. Utilizing Stereolithography (yet avoiding the patents, apparently), the Form 1 is capable of high quality 3D prints. Resin-based printing – it’s all the rage. And you can’t say there isn’t a need for better 3D printing at a lower cost. $500,000 in 24 hours. All of their $2,299 and $2,499 have been sold out. !@&*(& WHOA HOW?