It’s time for another round of apps that cover the spectrum of your beloved mobile device(s)! The Weekly App Smack is the best of new or updated design and productivity apps (and maybe a couple of fun ones, too) for the busy design or engineering professional and this week we have a list sure to make you more efficient. Do you have an app suggestion that has made your life easier or changed up your workflow? Let us know in the comments below or send it into tips@www.solidsmack.com. Hit it! dapulse (iOS — Free) The best tool is the one your team actually uses and dapulse comes with built-in addiction. Wave…

The one notebook you’ll ever need- Rocketbook’s Everlast. At least that’s the claim from the makers of the highly successful Wave: Cloud Connected Microwavable Notebook and The One, a single-use cloud-connected paper tablet. What do all three have in common? The ability to write on paper, using pen and upload those writings and doodles digitally to your cloud service of choice almost instantly by taking a photo using the Rocketbook app. The differences end there, of course. In The One’s case, it’s a one-use smart notebook you can write/doodle on using your writing implement of choice. It features dot-grid paper for making drawing easier and a printed QR code for…

For all the things it can create in its bosom, your average 3D printer is a lot of work. The best 3D printers are huge, expensive, and require more space than a young professional’s apartment can afford. On the flip side, cheaper printers are usually unreliable and are about as appealing to the eye as the carcass of a dead rat. It’s a problem that not many people recognize, but one that San Francisco-based company Kodama wishes to address. They have been solving all sorts of issues in the 3D printing world with their unique designs (such as their Trinus 3D printer that doubles as a laser engraver), and now…

Ask anyone with a wood shop or a giant bowl of grapes and they’ll tell you, you just can’t have too many clamps. It’s not possible. You could have ten clamps–not enough. A thousand clamps–nope. A million clamps–WEAK, you need more. Jacob Stanton, aka jakejake, the gentleman who gave us the Squishy Turtle model, has been busy CRUSHING IT. Crushing it with a 3D printed clamp design that can hold, squish, and squeeze your parts together or look dangerously painful hanging from your earlobe. Jacob’s hand-screw clamp is a proof-of-concept in an exploration to make the most superior 3D printed clamp IN THE UNIVERSE… or at least one that’s both…

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 kick it off with “Sears Roebuck M&Ms” from Ava Luna before cranking it up Animal Collective, Antwon, Wampire, Beach Fossils, and others before finishing off with “Playing with Fire” from Nick Leng. Rock! Have suggestions? As always, let…

When it comes to side projects, hours become days, days become weeks, and weeks can often become months or years. But what if getting a minimum viable product created could happen on a Saturday…assuming you aren’t building a flying car? Many successful entrepreneurs have been touting the benefits of the 1-Day MVP—a one-day, all-out sprint to go from fresh idea to app or hardware prototype. Sure, some projects may take a little more energy and time than others, but having the process and infrastructure in place to successfully glide ideas along is what counts the most. Which is exactly the premise behind the 1-Day MVP 2.0 online training course; one…