Crinkled skin and bloodshot eyes filled the light as it passed by. Once we had thought there would be plenty of dark to hide such a hideous sight, but whatever it was doing with its fleshy skin-cicles in the core chamber was changing things, and most likely, it had something to do with a moisturizer made with these links. Mikhail Rakhmatullin – Strange cybergenetic robo-creatures with spindly appendage and distant gaze with their garb as the central element. Corn/Bean Planter – Build one. A handheld one it turns out. For less than the cost of the seed you plant. Ingenious. Star Time – There’s also a good reference for telling…
With so many cool things coming out each week, it can be hard to wade through all the rock-awesomeness. With ‘Cool Tools’, we’ve done the hard work for you. This week we saw everything from a new and improved version of the infamous Kodak Super 8 camera, a floor lamp inspired by a spinning top, an app that helps you decode all those pesky laundry instruction symbols, a mini-doc on the current state of video rental stores and more… Ready? Let’s go! This week we look at: DESIGN Kodak Super 8 “There are some moments that digital just can’t deliver, because it doesn’t have the incomparable depth and beauty of…
When I first saw the Shapr3D app, I was pretty impressed, as were some of you, but it left some lingering questions. A 3D modeling app on the iPad Pro that looks well thought-out, but why an iOS CAD app? So we gathered the questions and ask the founder and developer, István Csanády, more about the features, the kernel and what the future holds.
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! Vivv “Vivv is your tool to create amazingly artistic and fun videos and pics for…
Options abound for software and devices to help the little ones learn the fundamentals of electronics and programming. Now, there’s another option aimed at increasing your child’s STEM dream team status. 3D Slash is a 3D modeling tool “to make 3D creation accessible to everyone” in a fun, inventive, and game-like manner. It was developed by French designer Sylvain Huet, who based the software off the insanely popular video game Minecraft, which encourages players to build whatever they want, wherever they want.
I think you all know what a 3D PDF is–your 3D model and all of its views right within a PDF document. They’ve been around for YEARS. Quite convenient for sharing model views, protecting model data or emailing a PDF to grandma who can easily open your work and share with her quilting club, but they haven’t been so useful for getting other data across–data that might help with, oh, manufacturing, certification, assembly and the like. That is, until now. 3D PDF tech was originally developed by TTF, which Adobe acquired in 2006 when it went into the 3D PDF game. They spun it out, giving it to Tech Soft…