We’ve said it time and time again, but the Raspberry Pi is just so dang cool and we believe all designers and engineers should have one in their toolkit—if not on their desktop. While there is a bit of a slight learning curve, it’s nothing that today’s designers and engineers can’t handle on a leisurely Saturday. So why not start now? The Raspberry Pi Mastery Bundle includes 8 courses to get started creating your very own Amazon Echo or even a KUKA-like robotic arm for your desktop (how’s that for office bragging rights). Throw in any of your own 3D printed housing designs, and the opportunities are limitless! For a…

Though they can be quite useful with their cordless design, Airpods can sometimes look as appealing as a cotton bud sticking out of your ear on a public train. Eager to give them a bit more class, jeweller and designer Pablo Cimadevila took a normal pair of Airpods and gave them an 18-karat gold treatment: After removing the electronics from their plastic casings, Pablo cleans and measures the outer shells to make a special frame for them. He then pops the frame into a small tube wrapped and taped in paper. The whole thing is put into a machine which pours a mixture of plasticast into it. After the plasticast…

When you think of a blender, what usually comes to mind is a cylindrical machine capable of grinding, juicing, or mulching down food into elderly-friendly portions. The second thought which comes to mind is the noise; as almost all blenders operate with as much subtlety as an inconsiderate construction worker. Eager to distance kitchen appliances from the noise they are known for, millo’s first foray into a more modern kitchen comes in the form of their smart portable blender: Using what they call their patented Magnetic Air Drive technology, the millo uses a brushless magnetic engine which allows torque to transfer from the base to the blender’s blades. This drastically…

As purveyors of prime Grade A web content, the SolidSmack crew has done some of the heavy-lifting to make sure you get your Mondays started on the right track. Welcome to The Monday List. Every Monday, we link you up with some of the most insightful, informative, and socially-relevant stories to keep tabbed, bookmarked, reading listed, pocketed, or what have you to get your week started on the right foot. Be sure to check in each week for a new crop of freshly sprouted words curated straight from the source of your favorite homegrown ‘Smack. What We’re Reading This Week: What’s Ahead for IPOs in 2020 This year’s class of Reynolds,…

You’ve seen dozens of wood builds, metalworks, and resin casts on SolidSmack, but there’s a real scarcity here on sculptures made of cheese. You heard me right: cheese. Not many people in their right mind would dare work with such a mushy, pungent, and easy expiring material, but thankfully Lawrence Becker is the exception to the rule. Becker decided to pay homage to Nick Park’s Wallace and Gromit stop motion animated comedy series in the best way possible: through a cheddar bust of Wallace, the cheese-loving human half of the cartoon duo. Just like with the cartoon, his sculpture is done beautifully in stop motion. Using a number of well-photographed…

A thickly knitted mist settled around the aft cargo bay. We could override the shield group, leaving our cover exposed, but ensure the vacuum pods would be primed for expelling anything that would try to siphon out these links. Encho Enchev – Futuristic concept ships? Yes, please. And Sofia-based 3D artist, Encho Enchev, has some of the best. Star Wars concepts and more. Stud Shooter – That minifig-size LEGO stud shooter won’t do. So Stian Wahlvåg madea human-scale shooter and provided to files to make it too. LEGO ISS – Speaking of LEGO, there’s a new IDEAS International Space Station build that will be available Feb 1. 864 pieces -…