A short time ago (2009), an influential CAD exec said game technology is a sign of things to come in 3D CAD. Well, the future is looking interesting, so we wanted to take the opportunity to break down the UI/UX of the new Playstation 5. Shortly after unveiling what the PlayStation 5 hardware looks like under the hood, Sony Interactive Entertainment shared a glimpse of the UI/UX design. The reveal is a pre-production version of the console’s user interface, so there may be a few changes but this is more or less what you’ll see when the PlayStation 5 launches on November 12th and some things to consider when it…

If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that people are icky and carry disease. Who wants to touch a surface after another mouthbreather has touched it? Or licked it? #YOLO, amirite? Anyway, there are changes that 2020 has brought with it, positive changes, innovation, thinking around problems that were previously solutions to other problems. One of those solutions is TouchFree, a new touchless gesture control option for interactive screens. How did we get here? After Ultrahaptics acquired Leap Motion in May 2019, they rebranded as Ultraleap to combine forces in the area of haptic feedback and hand tracking technology. Part of their dev effort is new devices, the other part…

Have you ever sat on a chair and thought, “Man, I wish there was a more comfortable place to sit”? Well, there is – it’s called the sofa. Still, the limitations of the conventional office chair limit you to sitting, ooooor shifting from one butt cheek to the other. Try sitting another way and you’ll be on the ground in minutes or send you spine into shock. What if there was a chair that offered more ways to sit, lounge, kneel, or recline? Boss Mode: BeYou Office Chair BeYou is an office chair like no other. In fact, it’s a mix of chairs that allows over 10+ ways to sit.…

The latest update from the Fusion 360 crew has us pulling our sock over our knee-caps and throwing our hats in the air. There are a LOT of great new features like fillet weighting, part-level revision milestones, PCB hole placement via references, and more but our favorite is the ability to create text on a path (an arc, spline, circle, etc.) AND have it update if the path is changed. Text On Path If you’ve ever needed to take your text in Fusion 360 beyond one line for logos, labels, or other graphic features it’s been an exercise in workarounds but the Text On Path features changes everything. Kevin Kennedy…

We had been on the lookout for a good workbench that checks off several requirements when we came across the Seville Classics Lighted Stainless Steel Workbench. This has 48″ x 24″ work area, pegboard, lighted work area, and an open area under the bench, so you can wheel in carts or bins and don’t have to mess with spiders and woodchips under a lower shelf. Seville Classics Stainless Steel Workbench – $247.28 We started looking for wood but were surprised to see the price on this stainless steel bench and 5-star rating from nearly 1000 buyers. Some bought it for wood shops, others for I.T. work, but many loved the…

With just 88 of them made worldwide, the Aston Martin V12 definitely fits the bill when it comes to rare cars. By combining elements from some of the car company’s most revered models and infusing them with aeronautical design, the Aston Martin V12 feels very much like the culmination of all their work built under today’s highest standards. Aston Martin V12 Speedster Under the hood, you’ve got your 5.2-liter, 48-valve, Twin-Turbo engine that puts out a whopping 700 horsepower and 753Nm torque. The engine connects to a ZF 8-speed automatic transmission with limited-slip differential driving for the rear wheels. When combined, these allow the Aston Martin V12 to reach speeds…