I know if you could–if you had two rings of light that fit under each arm–you would run down the hall screaming, “I will bake all the muffins with my light orbs!” And when someone points out they’re rings and not orbs, you will raise your arms and blast them with magnificent halos of bright LED light. If you just want to sit those rings of light on your desk though, Duncan Smith has you covered. Ducan has a beautiful LED Ring Lamp design that is just the perfect project if you’ve ever wanted to dive into light design or use those nifty flexible LED light strips. He suggests 3D printing…
Don’t you love the feeling of creating something? A digital model, a sculpture, starting the engine on that project car, drawing on the wall with your child… ahhh. Crafting objects with our bare hands rewards us with the satisfaction that we’ve contributed something unique to the world. But for those with less than the creative capabilities of Picasso left ear lobe, there are pre-made models. All you have to do is follow the instructions on the ol’ box! To add to its ever-increasing number of wooden models, UGEARS is Kickstarting new additions to its Mechanical Town series. New models feature a tram line, rail manipulator, and a robot factory, a couple of smaller miniature models for…
Sponsored by Siemens PLM. “Large Assemblies” can be difficult to define. For some it’s a 100 part assembly, for others it’s 1000 parts, and still others it can be 10,000 parts and gigabytes of data.
The last time we checked in with former NASA engineer Mark Rober, he was demonstrating the World’s Largest Nerf Blaster; a scaled-up version of the $29.95 Nerf N-Strike Maverick that shoots massive foam darts made from pool noodles and toilet plungers at an impressive 40 mph thanks to an onboard 3,000 PSI air tank. For his latest YouTube stunt, Rober, who has a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and spent 7 of his 9 years at NASA working on the Curiosity Rover, created what can only be described as the ultimate squirt gun to end all squirt gun fights: The World’s Largest Super Soaker: https://youtu.be/T1KRQ3RcvXA Capable of blasting massive jets…
Since they came on the scene back in 2010 with the Glif iPhone 4 Tripod Mount & Stand, Studio Neat collaborators Dan Provost and Tom Gerhardt have become one of the few success stories to rise out of the Kingdom of Kickstarter. Starting with that smartphone tripod, which, at the time, was an entirely new product category, the two have successfully launched everything from a wide-grip stylus for touch screens to a cocktail ice cube kit. But it’s their latest project that just might prove to be the most successful—and useful—of all. “It all started with an insight about how we use notebooks,” explain Gerhardt and Provost. “Even though we…
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 “Waterfalls” from Los Porcos before smoothing things out with some fresh tracks from Column, St. Vincent, Juan de Fuca, and Whitney before rounding off on a summery note with “Surfer Girl (Take 6)” from…