If you’re part of a minibus fanclub or have often thought of joining an electric minibus revolution, this new concept from design group Entastudio, may make the cut to go on all your event flyers. Oktay Türkoglu and Ramazan Kaya are the founders of the studio, heading up the five person group based out of Turkey. We spoke with Ramazan and have a closer look at their process.
If you’ve felt a weird tingling sensation in your AutoCAD blueprints, you may be victim of a new worm that has been infecting machines over the last half of the year. The ACAD/Medre.A AutoCAD worm is suspected to be an industrial espionage tactic to get the hands on drawings. Here are the details.
Rock and roll is here to stay… and so is the new Cool Tools of Doom n’ stuff! We received some letters (sent to ourselves from across town) saying how helpful the resources and sites are. We’ve got a whole new pack of sites spanning graphics, apparel and DIY to make your life way more comfortable than it probably is. Do you have something cool you’ve come across? Don’t hide it in your neck skin! Send it on in to smoth@www.solidsmack.com. Kick it!
The biggest question in my head for years has been this. Can you start a business with a desktop 3D printer? With a nice little Makerbot, or a RepRap and a really useful product design, can I actually be my own, cigar-sucking factory boss? In my own living room, with a bathrobe on? An intriguing thought, but do the numbers support such a possibility?
When you’ve removed the saw dust from your hand, stand up from the table and realize your hand is still there, it may be time to think about prosthetics and a different cutting device. One that involves laser. Lasersuar from Nortd Labs is an open source laser cutter that can bring all your desktop cutting dreams to life. It’s the perfect size for a small lab and best of all, it’s launching open source.