For sneakerheads who would happily sell their offspring for a chance at exclusively designed shoes, listen up: You won’t have to! Nike recently opened its Nike Makers’ Experience at the Nike By You Studio at 45 Grand in New York which will allows users to create their own one-of-a-kind pair of shoes. If you thought having one pair of $200 shoes was stylishly badass, making a shoe exclusively for you may sound even better. The project is a result of combining digital design and footwear manufacturing. As the user enters the experience, he/she can use their past Nike heritage or utter a set of phrases to bring up a variety…
All this talk of innovations that haven’t come out yet and we end up forgetting the ones we already have. For instance, have you ever stopped to wonder about how Dippin’ Dots ice cream got its unique beaded shape? You know, those tiny clusters of circular ice cream which could be a potential hazard if spooned into the nostrils? The secret is more obvious than you might think. One of the older videos in Food Network’s YouTube channel details the process by which these edible dots are made: Just like your run-of-the-mill ice cream, Dippin’ Dots start out life in a cold production plant in Paducah, Kentucky. More specifically, production…
Recently, we talked about MX3D getting all giant metal 3d printing robot on us and printing the 3D structures of the future. If you’re familiar with the company, you know they’ve been busy the last few years on a mission to build the first functional 3D printed bridge across the Oudezijds Achterburgwal canal in the De Wallen (red light) district of Amsterdam. They’ve now completed the first section at the MX3D warehouse and it’s now you’ll start to get a better realization of just how massive the 12 meter bridge will be. https://youtu.be/v2moJF8kqIg Prior to the bridge they’ve created a number of proof-of-concept installations from dragon benches to decorative facades with the…
When Google Glass was released to the public in 2014, a lot of controversy ensued over privacy and safety concerns. When a piece of hardware obstructs your view with the data of strangers you share a sidewalk with, it isn’t hard to see how the device can feel a bit creepy to passersby. Thankfully, the prototype was discontinued by Google and brought back to the drawing board. Fast forward to 2017 where the company has announced the brand new Google Glass Enterprise Edition. Unlike the classic version, this one is meant for companies to help with their employees’ everyday workflow. Take Sutter Health, for example. Their doctors use Google Glass…
Wel, well, well. Onshape features this year to date? A buck 0′ two. That’s right, Onshape has passed the 100 mark with a small nod and rumors of cookie dough ice cream for all Onshape employees over the next month on everyday that ends in ‘Y’. It’s a modest update, a modest update of MASSIVE SHEET METAL AND VARIABLE FILLET ENORMITY with a splash of toolbar customization thrown in to make all us static toolbar haters happy. High-fives. You can see the past update history and catch the latest on the Onshape What’s New page. Here, we pick our ‘Top 3 Onshape Updates’ and provide a quick overview of each. To see our previous…
Get that stretch out of your system with this week’s Spotify-powered SolidSmack Radio Playlist. It’s fashioned up, ready to make you pull your shoulder blades back and knock out another week of meaningful work while you bob your head to the beat. Whether you’re in the shop milling aluminum, sketching the latest product prototypes or modeling up a 3D storm, consider these tracks as a tool for your process. This week we’ll get the groove going with “Orange Blossom” from Gardens & Villa before diving into sweet melodies from Amanaz, My Morning Jacket, Spooky Mansion, Floating Action, and others before wrapping up with “Wintersong” from Blake Mills. Rock! Have suggestions?…