I don’t know if you’ve ever gotten your hand on a CRKT folding knife, but they are by far one of the highest quality knives on the market. The CRKT Ken Onion knife I have is my favorite, but the CRKT Argus by award winning knife designer, Matthew Lerch, looks tough. Especially with the black coating! This knife is light too–4.2 oz with an 6061 aluminum frame and 3.55″ (90.17 mm) Steel, corrosion resistant blade. The overall length is 8.13″ (206.5 mm) and the thumb-assist can be re-positioned for left-handers (like me). The blade on my other CRKT folding knife came razor sharp and has held up to all sorts…

Presented by What started in 2008 as one woman’s vision of using design and building projects to transform communities and improve K-12 education is now changing the lives of exponentially more young students every year. Project H, founded by designer and builder-turned-teacher Emily Pilloton, is dedicated to exposing youth – particularly young girls – to the world and possibilities of design, engineering and architecture. The nonprofit teaches design iteration, tinkering, applied arts and sciences, and vocational building skills. And, more importantly, it demonstrates to its students how they can individually create significant and sustainable change in their communities and the world. Over recent years, Project H students have worked on…

Well, well, well. Just as you were getting comfy with the limited private storage of Onshape’s free plan and dumping your Documents occasionally to clear room for others, they’ve gone and switched things up on you. As of this week, Onshape is offering a new 21-day Pro plan trial with no storage limits, unlimited private Documents and full CAD-crafting features. The Pro plan price stays the same at $100/month billed annually, but changes to $125 for those who want the convenience of paying more monthly. If you don’t continue on the Pro plan, you’ll be put on the Free plan (and given a sad face sticker), retaining unlimited public Documents…

While tablets continue to grow ever more powerful, they rarely ever satisfy the full product development pipeline needs for today’s professionals. Nevertheless, that divide is continuing to grow more narrow as hardware developers and third-party developers continue to push the envelope. More recently, Duet Display, the iOS app that previously let users turn their iPad into a second display, received a Pro update that lets users use their iPad Pro and Apple Pencil as a high-performance drawing tablet for pressure sensitive sketching and modeling. While existing professional products (such as those from Wacom) will likely continue to reign supreme, the update makes for a compelling new purchase decision for those…

Consumers today. What a tough life. Numerous styles and colors of appliances, not to mention the configurations and features. Then there are refrigerators–a metal box insulated to keep cold air in and rodents out. Yet, they lack the flair captured in the 50’s, back when cars had massive tail fins and toys could be cool, dangerous and not set off a political frenzy. Ahh, the good ol’ days. The refrigerators manufactured in the 50’s were considered ‘modern’ but had a futuristic look (like those found in the Fallout games). What’s more, they could be painted just about any color conceivable. Big Chill founder Orion Creamer drew upon those 50’s styles…

I’m pretty sure LEGO minifigs have all the fun… except for, ya know, being completely inanimate and having the dexterity of a cardboard box. Besides that, they get to play around on and endless number of cool cars, aircraft and THIS, this LEGO Technic Dune Buggy. Some of you may know this vehicle as the 8048-1 Buggy set, released in 2010, containing 314 pieces and cool, little ‘Nitro Buggy’ decals. If you’re GrabCAD user ‘lowradiation’ however, you know every single piece intimately, from the four-knob gears to the shock absorbers. He has a long history of making these LEGO sets, with over 20 available, many of which are in the…