Don your favorite bath robe, cream that coffee and get comfortable with this weekend’s SolidSmack Weekend Reader.
This week we saw everything from a new interface that wants to make CAD modeling feel like a DJ booth, five tips towards getting that design engineer job, Dell’s first all-weather, impact-resistant tablet for shop environments and more …
So lay back, relax and take a load off while reading the top ten stories on SolidSmack this past week.
Oh and uh…don’t forget to shed some much-needed sunlight on your face, too.
The Palette Freeform Mixer Interface Makes CAD Modeling Feel Like a DJ Booth
“For the seemingly endless flow of crowdfunding stories that come pouring through turnstile on monthly basis, it’s always nice to hear about a successful Kickstarter campaign that not only managed to get a product off the ground, but also resulted in the establishment of a sustainable business with multiple employees…”
So You Want to Be a Design Engineer? Here’s Five Tips for Landing Your First (Real) Job
“As a young block builder, you loved LEGO and would fly through the kits before quickly moving beyond build tutorials to creating your own unique creations using items from around the house…”
The Men at Arms Craftsmen Take on Black Mamba’s Katana from Kill Bill
“When it comes to seamlessly blending the pleasures of film fanatics who have a fascination with how the forged weapons from their favorite movies are made, the Man at Arms crew always delivers…”
Dell’s First Rugged Windows Tablet Designed to Withstand Harsh Shop Environments
“As we move towards a more streamlined, always-anywhere, Cloud-connected computing experience however, it’s becoming more common for users to want to take their hardware into more demanding conditions outside of the air conditioned office … and when it comes to some of the best and most reliable portable workstation solutions that are ideal for industrial designers and mechanical engineers on the go, it’s hard to deny that Dell has consistently delivered over the years…”
Tony Hawk Tests the Limit of Paper with a Cardboard Skateboard
“It’s no secret that cardboard is among one of the most effective materials for building prototypes, yet the material rarely ever moves past prototyping stage for obvious reasons…”
Frame Officially Launches to Bring Any Windows Application to the Cloud
“Since they started coming up in CAD in the Cloud discussions earlier this year, Frame (fra.me) has shown no signs of slowing down their pursuit of allowing users to put any Windows application in their own personal Cloud…”
