Finally, I mean FINALLY were seeing some development come out with those fancy Microsoft Surface multi-touch displays and BMW is the company making it cool to have multiple appendages.

The ‘BMW Product Navigator’ allows those in the mood for a BMW to select options, colors, see video of their configurations and save it to USB to take home and show the kids after their racquetball lessons. Time for a test drive.

Hmmm. Product configuration done with a multi-touch input device. Interesting, don’t ya think?Schmeer Schmeer video after the break.

So much for inspiring kids to grow up becoming managers of salty, high fat, carb ridden fast food chains. Let’s inspire them to become engineers with the ability to bend biological matter (i.e. paperboard cutouts) to THEIR WILL.

Chick-fil-a is featuring ‘3-D Insect Models’ as toys in the Kid’s Meal. Cool – introducing small, hungry brains to 3-dimensional processes for create creatures they torment the neighbor kids with. How fun is that. Pics after the break.

You could mess around with sticks and Playdoh trying to mock up an idea for a design contest, but if you’re like me and end up eating throwing the Playdoh and burning the sticks, there’s a better solution.

SolidWorks sponsorship. Not only will you get to put a neato SolidWorks decal on your entry, SolidWorks will usually offer a seat for use. Oh, and it’s not just for education. Company teams can get in on the action too. Here’s some tips on picking up sponsorship from SolidWorks.

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