In ROCKIN

Awesome Posters Use Science and Design to Freak Kids Out

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There’s nothing like hanging something completely random in a child’s room to make them flip out and question reality. I’ve always preferred turning their stuffed animals into mechanized creatures that fly soup into their mouths. They enjoy it AND it’s healthy. Some people just like to draw baby giraffes with big eyes on the wall and others prefer to use programs to compile art from Hawaiian volcanoes, voice waveforms and walking geometry with pincers to spark a child’s creativity. The last just so happens to be the case with the incredibly cool Here to There poster series from Design I/O. It’s a monochrome mash-up of all sorts of objects and illustration, built through algorithms channeling nature and design. Want to see the details?

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In FAB

3D Print from 3DVIA. Sculpteo Churnin' Out the Bits.

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Who feels like printing some 3D? Oh yeah! But don’t rub it on yourself. It chafes like you wouldn’t believe and there has yet to be any partnership to produce a 3D anti-chafing cream. (I would pay good money for this.) There has, however, been a(nother) partnership to print 3D direct from a website where you store models. That site is 3DVIA, a community focused on all things 3D and that partnership is with Sculpteo, a online 3D Printing service. If you have any models on 3DVIA you now have the options to send the model directly to Sculpteo to be printed. Your life is complete.

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In 3D CAD TECH

Goodbye 3D Mouse? Amenbo 5-Finger Mouse is 5 Fingers of Awesome

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Prepare your nubs. Not by sticking them in the sauce… or your mouth. Prepare them for 5 flexible ways of moving your 3D data about. We often choose to have the two halves of our brains split by the keyboard, a 2D mouse on one side, a 3D mouse on the other. What if you had all of that capability and more, in a single 5-finger device? Double Research & Development Co. is poking double the joy in our eyes with the Amenbo 5 finger mouse they’re showing off. The device is a 3D printed base with 5 finger sensors that are able to sense the finger whether in contact with the sensor or not. There are quite a few possibilities, the least of which is combining multi-mouse functionality. Check this out…

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In SMACKDOWN

Friday Smackdown: OtroOxo

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And when, without warning, the order to charge came down, they launched the orange ox into the air. To their delight, it did transform, but not into what they had expected. Instead, it took the form of beard. A beard shaped with electrifying beeswax of these links. Martin Ansin – From editorials and ads to…

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In CAD

SES2: Studio Environment Set for modo, SolidWorks and More

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What’s big, bright and full of light? The SES2 light kit from 9b Studios. If you recall the first Studio Environment Set (SES1) from render rocker Yazan Malkosh, you’ll know awesome, easy-to-use light presets for modo, Microstation and SolidWorks are the name of the game. This version brings in 50 more HDR images spherically mapped for your environment illuminating pleasure.

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