It just so happened once, when the nights where long and filled with mist, that small, glowing oxen would jump the fence, and once in the air, would spread their wings to shoot laser beams, from their chins, at these links. Ian McQue – So many new and wonderful airship creations from the floating palace…
Last week, while many off you were getting the kids off to the first week school or recovering from an intense, sun-infused vacation, SolidWorks snuck up behind you and launched a new version of their SolidWorks viewing app for the iPad right in your face. This one has ‘Pro’ slapped on the end of it and brings the ability to measure, create dynamic cross sections, save, send by email and, yes, markup that model to your heart’s content.
Wood, steel, concrete. It’s a match made in design studio heaven and the perfect combination for an iconic, highly-priced reimagining of the chunky WWII era searchlights that entire Battalions were formed around. Having seen that New Duivendrecht launched the Barrel Lamp light design from design duo Tim Smit and Erik de Nijs of Nieuwe Heren, I thought of the construction process I had seen on how the unique light came together. Here’s a glimpse into the process.
Okay, you know the rule. You can only cut once. Not twice, not thrice. But once. And when you have powertools, your mistakes are magnified. Curse be to the Human Condition, your hands shake, you’re eyes are dim and maybe you barely have the strength to handle your powertools. It is a reality, but a reality we can augment and resolve. Enter, The Augmented Reality Router.
“You have Zeppelin on vinyl? Pfft I have it on FisherPrice Toy Records. Thus, I am so much better than you – and more pretentious.” Seriously, there is now a way for you to take all of your favourite Extreme Swedish Death Metal Bands (Meshuggah on plastic – the irony would rock). Fred27 posted this instructable about how to take your favourite tunes, plug ’em into OpenSCAD, create the correct script to generate the necessary CAD file and then ROCK. Second childhood, here I come.