Category : Industrial Design

New 3D Printing Process: Droplet-Based Multiphase Emulsion

Researchers at UC Davis have developed an unusual new form of 3D printing that uses Droplet-Based Multiphase Emulsion. One of the big challenges in 3D printing is the inability to handle multiple materials. Typical 3D printers of today can 3D pri...

Things to Stop Saying: “I Know Enough to Be Dangerous”

You’ve heard it said before. Maybe from a manager or coworker. Maybe during an interview to try to connect or relate. Maybe during crunch time as a misguided offer of assistance. Maybe from someone that slapped their knee and gave you a lit...

Carpenter John Heisz Tests If You Can Cut And Sand Wood In A Single Pass

Here’s a question for all us maker types. “Is it possible to both cut and sand a piece of material simultaneously using a common table saw?” Having pondered the question himself, John Heisz on his Youtube channel I Build It could n...

You’ll Want to Build This 120 kph Electric Motorcycle [Sketchup Files]

Have you ever thought about building your own motorcycle? The TV shows make it look so easy, don’t they? But, I’m not talking about a chopper, I’m talking about an electric motorcycle. And not just any electric motorcycle. Not long ag...

SWING Table | Clever Design Using Parallel Linkages To Transform A Table Into A Shelf

Those of you who inhabit itty-bitty living quarters know that space is a premium. For most, the name of the game for everyday living becomes home organization and efficient use of space. Taming the little stuff is simple enough by just following the...

Enlil Is A Smart Wind Turbine Design That Converts Energy From Oncoming Traffic

We all know the basics of how a wind turbine works. Using passing winds as an energy source, a typical wind turbine converts kinetic energy into useable electricity. While many wind turbines are large and found in mountainous regions or open fiel...

Getting Better 3D Prints With 3DOptimizer

A new online service has emerged that hopes to guide 3D printer operators to better printing parameters: 3DOptimizer. FabControl SIA, the producers of 3DOptimizer, seems to be a spinoff from well-known 3D printer manufacturer Mass Portal. Their c...

Lenovo Sneaks Us a Peek at New ThinkPad P15 & P17 Mobile Workstations

If you awoke from a dream this morning with P’s written in Sharpie all across your torso, there’s a reason. Lenovo has announced the next generation of the ThinkPad P Series laptops bringing a whole host of upgrades to the ThinkPad famil...

Dagr Is A Micro Knife and the Perfect EDC for Your Keyring

We’ve all been there before: your package arrives in the mail and you have nothing to open it with. It’s times like these we reach for the closest sharp object in the vicinity: a pair of scissors, a letter opener, an untrimmed fingernail. In my case...

Siemens Debuts NX with New Adaptive, Selection-Aware Sketch Solver

When Siemens Software announced their adaptive UI for NX, we knew there were good things ahead for NX users. Well, this week at #SiemensMAC2020, @siemenssoftware introduced #SketchNX, a new (and I would say the first) adaptive, inference-driven, sel...

The Waterwolf E-Surfboard Lets You Catch Some Surf Without Any Waves

Unlike skateboarding, rollerblading, or cycling, the art of surfing relies heavily on… ya know, water, and waves in the water. No waves = no surf. But what if you didn’t need to wait for the high tide to kick in? What if you could just ride yo...

MacBook Pro Laptops Get the New AMD Radeon Pro 5600M GPU

If you’ve been holding out for a high(er)-end GPU option before taking a Macbook Pro plung, AMD and Apple have announced the option you’ve been waiting for. As of today, you have the option to choose the new 7nm AMD Radeon Pro 5600M and...

nPower’s New Power Shell and Power Thicken Powers Up Your SOLIDWORKS Shelling

Since time immemorial, CAD users have faced challenges when adding shell features to their designs. Typically used to convert solid 3D objects into hollow shells with walls of a specified thickness, challenges are met when adding shells to solids wi...

ZBrushCoreMini is the New, Free Sculpting App from Pixologic

Get your sculpt brushes and buckets of inspiration ready. Today, Pixologic introduced ZBrushCoreMini, a free entry-level version of its ZBrushCore and ZBrush software designed to help people get started with digital sculpting. ZBrushCoreMi...

It’s Happened. SketchUp Goes Completely Subscription.

It was a slow ride over to SketchUp subscription city but you saw the road signs along the way. First Trimble put SketchUp online bringing you SketchUp for Web. Then, in February 2019, they announced a subscription pricing option, retaining the perp...