In 3D CAD TECH

3D Printed Robot Worm Crawls Slowly Through Rubble/Your Skins

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Does the idea of a 6 foot long, 16 inch wide robotic worm crawling beneath your epidermis frighten you? Not to worry because Dr. Jordan Boyle, post doctoral fellow at the University of Leeds, is working on making it smaller. His focus is also on creating a robot that can manage it’s way through small openings and tight crevasses, rather than your skin (we think.) Mix this with the angular velocity of a high speed caterpillar and you’ve got the makings of a jumping robo-worm swarm of nightmarish proportion. But this worm is more than it seems.

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In SOLIDSMACK NEWS

Punch SolidSmack Repeatedly… Win an iPod Nano.

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Maybe ‘Punch’ is a bit to harsh? It’s actually more like a firm jabbing with the blunt end of an answered question… multiple questions. Vicious, I know, but it will all be worth it for reasons you will soon be able to feast your eyes upon. If you’ve been kneeling waist deep in porridge, watching the site in the warm, oaty comfort, you may have noticed some slight changes… some site outages and also some irregular post movements. It’s all part of our plan for SolidSmack V3. We’re getting ready for the launch, bringing on new writers, focusing the content… but before we do all of that, we want to hear from you. We’ve got a awe-inspiring, 2-minute survey for ya and along with it a chance to win a wee fancy iPod nano. Ready?

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In SMACKDOWN

Friday Smakdown: Crairototo

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Down, deep beneath a layer of optics and actuators, lay the last remnant of their forgotten race. The lights flickered as shadows shifted across the oily stench. Slowly, the charred, wriggling feelers pushed their way through, dripping with the oozing lung juice of these links. Jeanfrancois Liesenborghs – Sunset scenes and cloud city dreams make…

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In FAB

DIYLILCNC V2: Growing Beyond "Cute"

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Yes. I did just tell you last week to go fund ShapeOko on Kickstarter. But some of you looked at it and thought that you needed an already proven design, and some input on new features. Man, you’re picky… but you’re also in luck! DIYLILCNC is just the machine for you and for 40 or so more days, you can help them fund development of the “cute” machine into a serious tool. Check out details and  the project video after the break.

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In CAD

The Best Machine Design Features of Solid Edge ST4

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This is a guest post from missile makin’, Engineer from Arizona, Scott Wertel of Wertel Enterprises.

Solid Edge ST4 is one of those releases that I cherish, but is a marketer’s nightmare.  I don’t remember the official number of improvements made in this version, but they focus more on specific customer requests to improve productivity of existing features more than introducing new whiz-bang features.  Therefore, it’s hard picking out a select few improvements in ST4 to talk about because so many of them are what I – and many other existing users – consider to be fabulous, long sought after improvements. Let’s hit the highlights…

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