Previously the company marketed the AstroBox (no touch), which provided an easy means for you to connect an otherwise standalone desktop 3D printer to a powerful cloud environment, from which many interesting and useful functions became instantly possible. And that’s really what Astroprint is all about: maintaining a huge cloud network of 3D printing participants and functionality. The set-top boxes are simply gateways to that cloud. But the new version, the AstroBox Touch, is an extremely nice gateway. It’s designed to plug into your desktop 3D printer locally, but also connect to the Astroprint Cloud through your Internet connection wirelessly. From there you can control your desktop 3D printer remotely,…

Remember Stemi? The six-legged, build-it-yourself robot removes the complexity of building such a machine, offering a building experience that requires no soldering and detailed videos that teach how to use each part. Their Indiegogo campaign was a huge success, it’s been on multiple ‘Best Robot Kits for Kids’ lists and there’s been a waiting list… until NOW. Now the kit is available in their shop, where they’re offering free shipping and a 10% pre-order discount code (iwantmystemi). It’s completely open-source and built on Arduino compatibility. The video tutorials covering everything from the 3D modeling and electronics to the math and mobile app programming. I’ve been waiting for the Stemi Hexapod…

Ya know, there’s nothing that quite matches the craftsmanship of a traditional violin… except for a weird ass instrument that is 3D printed and sounds just like a traditional violin. Thingiverse user Sun Gear (I only now a few people named Sun Gear–His father is a music teacher named Keith Engle, so we’ll call him Sun Gear Engle), Sung Gear Engle, created a 3D printed stringed instrument based on the design of a Stroh Violin. What is a Stroh Violin? Quite simply, a violin-style instrument that replaces the violin body for a MASSIVE HORN. Picture a gramophone attached to a violin neck. They tend to be louder than wood violins…

Onshape snuck one in on us last Friday. By which I mean, we totally missed the 11 new updates/improvements released that make the previous curve-rich update even more convincing that surfacing is maybe, could be, definitely on it’s way to Onshape. Oh, glorious day that will be! 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 picks, visit our New Onshape Features page. Tell us which one you like the best, which need work, or if we picked the completely wrong features! The Stats:…

This week’s Spotify-powered SolidSmack Radio Playlist knocks you in the pop sockets with head-boppin’ groove tuneage to help propel you through the work week in style. Whether you find yourself inking markers until they’re dry, grinding material through a bandsaw, or working that 3D geometry all day, consider these fresh tracks as a tool for your process. This week we’ll start things off with “Maurine” from Say Hi and work our way through tracks from ARBES, The Rosebuds, BRONCHO, Mr Twin Sister, and others before wrapping up with “The Sound” from Human Highway. Have suggestions? As always, let us know what you listen to, what you want to hear and…

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