I really don’t know if ‘awesome’ ever gets any more-gooder than this: National Geographic is casting for a new show, and… lets just say it sounds better than that time Josh chopped down a Ponderosa just to get to the ‘marshmallows’ inside. We’re not gonna lie: we plan to throw our names in this hat, and YOU SHOULD TOO.
Rumour has it that Kickstarter will be going international by the end of 2012. This is freaking awesome, as I live in the frozen reaches of Canada, and know quite a few other people stymied by the rules as well. Indiegogo is great for non-US makers and creators with a super idea and insufficient funds to ‘make it so’, but Kickstarter simply attracts and funds more projects and has a greater pool of backers. The curated approach of Kickstarter means quicker access to better projects and keeps the noise low. However, the investors seem less concerned about that, as Indiegogo just picked up $15 million in backing. Total insanity. Indiesanity! So, what do we have this week?
Peeling back a large bucket of silver punch monkeys, he found the container had all but cracked open. What would he do next but stretch his neck skin across the top in hopes of containing the beasties? To do it without harm however, he would surely need to lather on these links. Six More Vodka…
How do you fold metal? Assuming your arms are not grafted with bionically reconfigured, pneumatic driven suction nubs, that’s an easy question to answer. ROBOTS. Big, 6-axis robots with a 120kg payload and… a delicate touch. RoboFold is making complex, metal bent facade and furniture with a fabulous new approach to shaping the steel. The robots excluded, it even involves a generative modeling process you could use to create the complex shapes yourself.
It’s a big week for Solid Edge users and the SiemensPLM Solid Edge crew this week. They’re holding their first second, purely Solid Edge event and it’s going down in the annals of CAD Industry event history. Solid Edge University came about as a bit of a revolt by the Solid Edge users (and staff) by not being fairly represented at the larger SiemensPLM conference (PLM World) and, in my opinion, is long overdue. There are a few highlights from this year’s show. A few highlights that show exactly why Solid Edge is building steam and also, why they needed to break off and have their own user event.