You can stop looking for the endangered animal you want to 3D print, because I found it for you. It’s a Pangolin. “A pango-what?” A pangolin. It’s a small, nocturnal mammal covered in protective scales and native to parts of Africa, China, India and Malaysia. Not only is this a 3D printed pangolin, it’s a 3D printed, papercraft-style pangolin, which makes it extra cute and not so creepy looking as a real pangolin. What do you do with a 3D printed pangolin? Me? I want to print 50 of these, walk down a crowded street, fall on the ground and pretend they’re escaping from my stomach cavity. What? That’s not gross.…

Deal of the day folks. Over March 15th and 16th, Fusion 360 is $150 (50% off) for an annual subscription. This offer also includes 3 free months of Pluralsight training. If you’re not familiar with Pluralsight, you need to be. They have thousands of courses, not only for 3D design software, but for other software you (like us) are probably interested in. They have monthly and annual memberships, as well as team plans. Make sure and read the terms though. The deal is good for March 15th and 16th only. This promotion offers a 50% discount on a purchase of a new 1-year subscription to Fusion 360, made 3/15/17 through 3/16/17…

We’ve all seen Kickstarter campaigns fail due to one issue or another–manufacturing problems, design issues, poor scheduling. Raise your hand if you’ve contributed to a failed campaign. Yes? I’m with you. It seemed like it couldn’t fail, right? More often than not, however, the issue all others stem from is a lack of planning–Planning that starts with those who have been there before and have knowledge of the many intricacies involved in getting a product to market. Enter Dragon Innovation, a company whose purpose is to provide an engineering consulting and certification service to those who need help getting from garage to factory along with company scaling services once they…

The centerpiece of Mathew Borrett’s Hypnogogic City peers into a hazy and shifted existence of Toronto’s city hall. From our view, we see a hybrid destruction of Toronto’s city hall both by man and by nature. Each building seems to hold its own function and host its own colony. Everything else is grown over with trees or flooded with water. Although there are no people visible, the elements included in the scene suggest that life goes on. Tiny worlds densely pack into every inch of Hypnogogic city, and the amount of work, effort, and imagination that has gone into it kind of makes your brain hurt. Mathew Borrett succeeds in…

In the arena of tablet styluses, ranging from basic nubs to advanced pressure-sensitive offerings from Apple and Wacom, little consideration has been put into making the writing devices look at all analog. Instead, the majority of digital sketching styluses are futuristic interpretations of what a writing instrument could be. With the launch of the Noris Digital, Samsung has quite literally turned that approach on its head. With the announcement of their new Galaxy Tab S3 and accompanying S Pen stylus, Samsung announced that they have collaborated with iconic german pencil manufacturer STAEDTLER to create a stylus that mimics the natural feel and touch of a traditional wood pencil. Designed exclusively…

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 tracks as a tool for your process. This week we’ll start things off with “Collectors” from Springtime Carnivore and work our way through tracks from Video Age, Spooky Mansion, Ezra Bell, Greyhounds, and others before wrapping up with “Friends” from Brijs, Dandelion. Have suggestions? As always, let us know what you listen to, what you want to hear and what tunes…