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The HP EliteBook 8740w & NVIDIA Quadro 3D Graphics Slam

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Can you believe there’s hardly a minute that passes without someone thinking about pushing a button and eating a bag of corn chips while running a benchmark? It’s true. Even if it only takes two minutes to run the benchmark… two minutes, bag open, bag of corn chips… GONE.

I’ve tackled the hardships of doing just that. My colon is about two chips away from convulsing out my rib cage, so it’s time to put down some results from the cache crushing tests of the HP EliteBook 8740w I’ve been jabbing. It’s packed with 8GB and a NVIDIA Quadro 5000m, so you would think the results would be impressive. We’ll see.

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In 3D CAD TECH

Use Your Camera to 3D Scan Your Face, Your Bunions, Your Cat (Autodesk Photofly vs. Trimensional)

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In the future, your entire photo collection will be on your mobile device. That is, if it’s not already. But that’s only the beginning. First, you’ll make people giddy with delight as you show them photos of yourself in comical situations, then they will gasp in abject horror as you hold them down, turn off the lights and scan their screaming face.

It’s madcap, photo scanning fun and PhloSoft is the first to make it happen with the Trimensional app on the iPhone. This is big news, because Autodesk is after the same technology with their Photofly photo scene editor product. Who will be the first to bring it into your models? Check this out and cast your vote…

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In NEWS

Get Your Fresh, Hot 'Death of SolidWorks' Wallpaper Right Here.

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We’re just not going to let that “Kill SolidWorks” thing die… ahem. One comment from former SolidWorks CEO, Jeff Ray is all it takes for a firestorm to start whipping our sanity. What most people do not realize is that the is about creating a better product and providing some more options, not about violently poking a product with the sharp end of C++ stick while watching it bleed out.

Times are changing, and Develop3D has published a pivotal piece of industry insight that settles exactly that. It’s titled, The Death of SolidWorks? Yes, a question. A question that brings up other questions, but an article that puts a lot of the hype to rest, nails down the context and reveals what we should really be thinking about – the death of something much, MUCH bigger…

Now, that’s all well and good, but way too deep and serious for the likes of us. What we need are wallpapers. Dang big ones to put on our dang big screens that will make passer-by say, “DaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAANG!” Here they are.

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Friday Smackdown: The Whir Rwarck

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The small cottonwood shook. Opaque rays of orange splintered through the branches as the air stagnated with the mechanical whir of the creatures arms extending. And that’s when it happened, when the sky around us exploded with light and these links shot forth from its joints.

John Park – “Can I just draw awesome pictures of ships, robots, people and creatures please?” Yes John, yes you may.
Virb – A fresh new way to build a fresh new site for this fresh new year.
Paul – The new trailer from British comic, superstar duo Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Aliens will never be the same.
No shampoo, no soap, for one year – I did this once for an entire day. It felt wonderful. I’ll probably do it again tomorrow.
MiFlip Smartphone Charger – If you have a smartpohone already or got one for Christmas, this will come in handy for all your kid’s game playing.
Birth of an island – I’m not sure what you get an island on its birthday, especially when it’s just gurgling its way into existence.
Design Challenge: Think outside the wrist – Think of a watch. Now think of what you would do with that watch if you needed to shoot a cow.

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In FAB

The Eerie Sound of the 3D Printed Flute… is Ear-gouging Beautiful.

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I know.You were probably hoping to see my improvisational flute playing skills in this post. We’ll do that later when you have quick access to a bucket and some earplugs. Today, we’re looking at something that will go down as a turning point in 3D printing history, but not only 3D printing history… all those other histories as well.

For the first time, a fully functional flute has been printed. The process is what you would think – model, print, clean, but then… it’s played. In this case, it’s modeled in Rhino, printed on a Object printer and sounds… well, you’ll see.

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