Note: This is concept software! Interested in available 8-bit/DOS modelers? Check out Magicvoxel, 3D Studio DOS, or Mikshape3D! Game developer Johan Peitz posted a tweet recently with a video of a project he’s working on called “PICO CAD”. It’s a kind of 8-bit 3D modeling system to develop very simple 3D objects. We don’t yet know much about PICO CAD, as Peitz has posted only a single, tantalizing tweet about the project and answered a few questions, which turn out mostly to be “can I download this?” The answer, it turns out, is “Not yet”, according to Peitz. The PICO CAD system uses a four-window scheme where you see top,…
Next to Iron Man’s repulsors and Spider-Man’s web shooters, the most iconic piece of equipment in the Marvel universe has to be Wolverine’s adamantium claws. More a part of his anatomy than actual weapons, these claws (three on each hand) have varying origins. In some forms of media, Wolverine has adamantium claws grafted onto his body as a result of forced experimentation. In others, he is born with bone claws which then get injected with the metal… also as a result of forced experimentation. The Hacksmith doesn’t condone any form of forced experimentation, but he does love the idea of having bone claws. So instead of making the iconic metal…
Rise up from that pile of 45x45mm high-precision extruded aluminum for a moment and pay attention. Vention has announced a $38M CAD ($28.1M USD) series-B financing round to spread its cloud-based machine-building bliss far and wide. This brings their funding total to $58.5M CAD ($43.4 USD) since their first Seed Round in 2018. The funding was led by Georgia Partners who have a software specialized ‘Impact Team’ to accelerate their investment’s software initiatives. For Vention, this entails expanding the use of ‘artificial intelligence and machine learning for machine design and digital supply chains.’ Etienne Lacroix, Vention’s founder and CEO, says, “This funding will let us accelerate our software and hardware…
Recently, we covered how commercial vinyl records are made by a processing plant. However, what if you could make your own records from the comfort of home? Eager to go vintage vinyl and migrate more music from digital to analog, Seth Nicholas Johnson of Haunted Birthday Records shows an easy way to make homemade records: 1. Cut Some Polycarbonate Plastic While most records you find in a store are made from vinyl, the materials used to make them aren’t as easy to acquire. Instead, Seth recommends using a sheet of polycarbonate plastic, which is easier to acquire and has just as much malleability and potential sound quality as vinyl does.…
Part of the joy of gardening is the anticipation of that first fruit and vegetable appearing, then growing, then ripening. It takes time, care, and lots of patience. With a new technology in work by Root AI over the past few years, all of that could be left to the robots. Root AI Virgo Root AI demonstrated the future of large-scale agriculture just over a year ago. Their robot, Virgo, is capable of real-time ripeness detection, has a patent-pending, soft-touch gripper to grapple the fruit just right, and intelligent motion that’s faster than a group of caffeinated farmers at harvest time, 24/7. True Garden / Tower Garden Another company in…
It isn’t difficult to grow plants when you have your own garden, but what if you live in a cramped apartment? Not everyone has the space to get their green thumb on, so Chilean industrial designer Lorenzo Vega thought it would be useful to make a modular planter which makes use of otherwise unused vertical real estate: Inpsired by the Japanese architectural movement called Metabolism, the modular planter uses a series of square floors and circular holes to hold your local plant life. Simply put your plant in a small pot, add a floor tile, and watch your green baby grow. The planter’s main feature is its LEGO-like modules. You…