In ROCKIN

Graffiti Technica Sprays 3D Graffiti Out the Nose of Composite Video

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It happens so often. You go to squeeze some cheese on your cracker, then suddenly you snap from a daze to find the most stylized form of your initials oozing down the wall. Nevermind that everyone around you is staring, you have a talent.

If you are the slightest bit interest in cheese spread sculpting, urban art or simply enjoy the idea of abstract 3D objects looming ubiquitously overhead, you’ll love this. Brad Schwede of Graffiti Technica uses 3D compositing to create his own style of graffiti and spreads it like soft cheese over the urban landscape.

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In ROCKIN

LEGO Antikythera Mechanism. 2000 Year Old Design Tells the Future

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Take those gear pegs out of your nostrils and look at this. I think I just found a reason for you to visit the nearest LEGO store, purchase every gear available and spend the next month cogging up your workspace with bits and blocks. You could recreate 2,000 year old mechanism that predict the future.

That’s exactly what Andy Carol, a software engineer at Apple, does in his spare time. One of his latest creations was a challenge to build an ancient device dating back to 100 BC which predicts solar and lunar eclipses within an accuracy of 2 hours.

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In SMACKDOWN

Friday Smackdown: Drift Spitter

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He drifted along the rail, not realizing that eventually he would reach the drop-off. There he would find a melon, a melon the size of his head, spitting small seeds and these links at him. Jake Parker – His style is fresh. Illustration, character, and comics with heavy lines, adventure and more fun that you…

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In 3D CAD TECH

The Bend Desk Will Morph Your Workspace Into Awesomeness

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Imagine sliding your hand… across a bed of scorpions. Then stop doing that, relax your neck tendons and imagine sliding your hand across the smooth transition of a touch interface that flows from vertical to horizontal. Ahhhhhhh. It’s like buttery rays of light coating your fingertips. Really, take a look.

The Media Computing Group, researching graphical user interfaces (GUI’s) out of Aachen, Germany, is LITERALLY stretching the possibilities across your workspace with the Bend Desk. It’s a concept, but with the work they’ve already done on the UI, you can bet it’s going to draw some interest for 3D modeling and graphic creators. I’m sold. How bad do you want one?

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In CONTESTS

The SolidSmack 'Whatcha Got?' HP EliteBook Giveaway!

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Hot bags of greased hardware! It’s officially two weeks and two days away from Christmas which means it’s officially time for a bakin’ hot tray of high-end hardware to be thrown into webosphere for ONE lucky person to WIN.

You may have seen the unboxing yesterday. Now, we’re giving away HP’s top of the line EliteBook 8740w Mobile Workstation, valued at US $4,899. It’s chock full of all the power you need to crank out CAD or graphical delight wherever your adventures may take you. Are you ready?

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