Call me surprised, but Ultimaker is moving ahead rapidly. The company embarked on a tricky strategic change a couple of years ago and now it seems to be paying off with a blockbuster announcement from Bosch. The giant manufacturer has agreed to equip their worldwide offices with Ultimaker 3D printers. This could amount to thousands of machines, creating massive market momentum for Ultimaker. The specifics of the deal are explained by Ultimaker: Robert Bosch GmbH, the leading global supplier of technology and services from Germany, will invest on a global scale in Ultimaker 3 Extended printers. After comparing several desktop 3D printers, the Additive Manufacturing department of Bosch selected Ultimaker…

Back when I was a kid, I built a model of the Tardis Console from season 13 using my parent’s cable spool coffee table and a healthy supply of cardboard. Although I could travel anywhere I wanted to in my mind (Calvin & Hobbes style), I wasn’t able to leave the confines of my yard. Fast forward a few decades and Nintendo will make my cardboard dreams come true with the Nintendo Labo accessory for the Switch. What is Nintendo Labo? Nintendo Labo is an accessory for the Switch featuring kits that use cardboard cutouts and other materials you assemble and use with the Switch and Joy-Con controllers to create ‘Toy-Cons’–interactive constructs, such as a…

Hold onto your SpaceMouse! Announced this week, Facebook will now support the industry-standard glTF 2.0 file format for Facebook 3D posts. Also known as the “JPEG of 3D”, the glTF 2.0 file format offers rich, high-quality 3D content with support for textures, lighting, and other commonly-used rendering techniques to create realistic 3D models. This isn’t the only update the company rolled out. New Graph API endpoints with 3D Post support and Graph tag lets developers build 3D sharing into their apps and allow their posts to render in 3D on Facebook automatically. Additionaly, 3D artists can simply drag and drop their 3D files directly into Facebook to create a 3D…

Founded in 1959 as a professional tool manufacturer to support Japan’s burgeoning manufacturing industry, Trusco—a combination of the words “Trust” and “Company”—is still manufacturing some of the best toolboxes, today. While their stripped-down design makes them a must-have for many design aficionados, the pressed steel boxes are ridiculously useful for just about anything—tools or not. Still manufactured in Fukui, Japan, Trusco toolboxes now come in more sizes than ever—capable of whatever storage challenges you throw at them. Trusco Toolboxes [Various Sizes] — Starting at $11.98 Features: Steel body, formed for extra strength Versatile sizing for specific storage solutions Double-hinged construction for smooth opening Dividers included Equally useful in the home,…

Technology dominates our lives in just about every facet, and coding is on the fast-track to becoming the new Blue Collar job prospect in the near future. Coding skills have dominated STEM curriculums just about everywhere. But school isn’t the only place where kids—and their curious parents—can learn how to write an app. In fact, workers who can demonstrate even just basic coding skills are already getting a leg up in the working world across multiple industries. That said, here are five awesome coding websites to get starting programming today: 1: Code.org Code.org is one of the more well-known sites and has been around for the past five years since…

At first glance, you might think this weird-looking sphere is either a fancy lamp or an oversized paperweight. While it could, theoretically, hold a massive stack of paper, this sculptural piece contains something a bit more useful: powerful and secure Wi-Fi. Unlike more conventional Wi-Fi router designs, most of which are uninspiring boxes with bug-like antennae, the Norton Core Router, designed by Herbst Produkt for Symantec (makers of the popular Norton Anti-Virus software suite) has a striking geodesic dome design that just might warrant it’s own display shelf in your home office. It’s no wonder it also happened to win the 2017 Edison Award. “What if we could develop a…