The rocky steps sifted down the slope to the bottom of the falls. Blackrocks crossed beneath the fallen pineknob spires and all the seeds floated about like a spiny snow. We would have step carefully, watching for the glow to appear from any cracks that would form in the thin coating of these links. Karl Sisson – Rocky outcroppings, massive machines, and vast galaxy exploration, with mouth-watering texture work and small surprises that sneak in the scale. Markrokosmos – The Kinetic works of Mark Bischof. Breath of the Wild – Nintendo reveal trailer of the latest Zelda game. Only on the Switch but boy is it stunning. A Stack of Heads…

Polymaker has announced a series of new materials, and showcased some dramatic demonstrations of their capabilities. Polymaker Engineering Materials The China-based company has been one of the leaders in the 3D printing industry and in developing engineering-grade high-quality 3D printing filaments. They have also come out with some highly unusual 3D printing materials, and now take pride in a rather comprehensive range of products. Among their extensive material catalog are some new materials, including a unique nylon-reinforced PETG material. Typically, we’ve seen PETG as a standalone material, but this is an interesting composite that combines an easy ability to print with some added strength. In their PolyMide (warp-free nylon) series,…

There are few things better than a good, hearty soup. Although you might have a winning argument if you said, “A good, hearty soup served from the BUCKET OF A CATAPULT is way better.” Oh, you meant launched from the catapult. Well, of course, that’s better. And whether it’s soup launching, cow launching, or sending wads of wet paper over your cubicle wall, a catapult is the obvious weapon of choice. We’ll scale it down today and look at a catapult that can launch at least one of those items. Oliver Chatwin has taken his inspiration from Leonardo’ Da Vinci’s catapult design, and while Da Vinci’s is nothing short of…

3D printers (people) have a bad habit of wasting their print improvement effort on the shiny and new instead of the useful. I get it, I do. 3D printers (machines) are cool, and it’s fun to make them look cool. A big part of the fun is customizing and talking shop about mods. We spend days designing and printing “upgrades” whose only real utility is matching color schemes or, at best, hiding the sound activated LED lighting. Yes, it’s cool that 3D printers (machines) can print their own parts–they’re like living, growing organisms–but some folks are obsessed with this, taking it to the extreme in the name of independence and/or…

If you were whining to the flight attendant about waiting to buy a mobile workstation until Lenovo’s launched their latest ThinkPad P-Series mobile workstations, your wait is about to be over. Four of the ThinkPad P-Series have fresh new specs and they’ve added another to round out the bunch. Here’s the breakdown: ThinkPad P73 Ultimate performance, 17″ mobile workstation ‘make people gasp’ class 17.3″ 4K UHD (3840×2160)9th Gen Intel Xeon or CoreUp to NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000Up to 128GB DDR4 MemoryUp to 6TB StorageDual Thunderbolt 3Weight: Starts at 7.5 lbsBonus: 35% smaller adaptor Price: Starting at $1849Available: August 2019 ThinkPad P53 Ultimate performance, 15″ mobile workstation ‘power of 10 active…

Perhaps you know this but there’s a lot of equipment, not to mention sweat and long hours, that goes along with the experience you build as a designer. Pro photographers carry loads of lenses for every situation, pro painters are militant about canvas and bristle count, and 3D pros need their hardware to be just right. Especially when you’re on the go. Enter the new Intuos Pro Small. The updated pen tablet is a smaller, more compact version of Wacom’s Intuos Pro drawing tablets. Despite the tinier 10.6 x 6.7 x 0.3 inch frame compared to its predecessor, the screen real estate is actually larger: measuring 6.2 x 3.9 inches.…