Pirate radio, HAM radio and streaming/music player projects involving the Raspberry Pi can be found ALL over the interwebs, in the hobby shops and between the couch cushions, but while most are opensource, none give us the tinglies like Audiophonics’ Rasptouch Audio Player. The Bordeaux-based company designed their platform for audiophiles with Hi-Fi in mind, focusing on preference customization and software openness in a device with plenty of ports and streamer compatibility extendable via the Raspberry Pi 3 and I-Sabre Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) support. The RaspTouch Audio Player is powered by the Raspberry Pi 3 and features a Raspberry Pi Official touchscreen for navigation and a choice in DACs- either…

Early last month, SolidSmack reported on an impressive large format 3D printer made from two $9.99 IKEA LACK side tables created by Northampton-based 3D printing enthusiast Wayne Mason-Drust – AKA the “Printtable”. Using an E3D V6 Titan Extruder with an MKS SBase controller and an MKS TFT using Smoothieware, the (

Every summer, thousands of people around the world flock to a handful of Greek islands to spend their summer vacations in a Mediterranean paradise. Similar to what happens in other seasonal small towns around the globe, this influx of vacationers tests the limit of small infrastructures designed for a very small population that lives there 12 months of the year – such as waste management. While a large amount of the plastic waste–such as PET water bottles–is collected and shipped back to a central recycling facility in Athens, a significant amount of it is still left behind and pollutes the natural environment for the native islanders once the vacationers have…

If you weren’t obsessively clipping your toenails last week and saw the ‘Ambiguous Cylinder Illusion’ by Kokichi Sugihara of Meiji University, Japan, then your brain likely squeezed its way out your ear canal, grabbed your jowls, looked you in the face and said, ‘YOU’RE MAKING MY BRAIN HURT!” (Yes, your brain just told you that YOU are making its brain hurt.) Don’t act like that’s never happened before. And this illusion is just the type of thing to spur on such an event, until you finish watching it and you’re like, ‘Oh, that’s how he did it. I knew how he did it. I knew it… that’s… yeah.” If you…

Time for another round of apps that cover the spectrum of your beloved mobile device, be it iPhone, Android or Windows! 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! This. “On This., each member is limited to sharing just 1 link a day. Follow…

The excitement that used to come with each new “revolutionary” desktop 3D printer a few years ago has since quieted down in a major way. While technologies like HP’s Multi Jet Fusion and Carbon’s CLIP can hold their own and even generate mainstream news coverage, these are geared towards professionals at price points that are generally only accessible by an industrial firm rather than a casual garage maker. Which is why the recently announced Pam 3D printer from Pollen presents a curious case study into what the near future might hold for desktop 3D printers as consumer interest wanes while the industry itself – and professional usage – continues to…