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Weekly Staff Picks, October 22, 2011
Our Staff Picks for this week include woodworking, CNC, PhotoShop instruction and fashion. We hope you enjoy them.
When to use Opacity versus Fill in PhotoShop For all you photoshop geeks I must share this one, because for many years, I just couldn’t tell the difference. Why would they even put it there? Now I know!!! - Yulia
Scintillating CNC Zonahedral Structures: The Zome from Robert Bell “The Zome is a creation of Rob Bell…and is one of the most ingenious structures of modern geometric times. The complex, fluid shapes are designed in SketchUp, cut out flat [on a ShopBot], and put together with nothing but time, sweat, sandwich breaks and large mallets.” - Alex
Expanding Round Table This is a video of a round table that expands. This is extremely creative woodworking. - Brandon
Master hat designer Elvis Pompilio goes 3D printing 3D printed high fashion hat. This is something that could not have been made with traditional methods. Yes, it is THAT awesome. - Alex
Carbon Fiber Porsche 911 This maker takes a modern car and improves upon it by replacing the steel body with a carbon fiber one. - Gregg
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Weekly Staff Picks, December 18, 2011
Here our staff picks. We have some really interesting links for you this week. One is even art from a scientist.
Leahy-Smith America Invents Act on Wikipedia America Invents Act summary on Wikipedia - a must read for anyone interested in inventing, patenting, or using inventions. - Evan
Engadget & Stratolaunch.com Paul Allen is backing another space vehicle launch system with Scaled Composites. - Gregg
MIT News A one trillionth of a second shutter speed camera to photograph individual photons from a laser beam. - Gregg
How to Start the First Night of Hanukkah This is from 2010, but still relevant today. - Anon
Flight Opportunities Working on technology that’s beyond this world? NASA is now providing opportunities for you to get it tested! - Evan
Stratasys video about animations using the Stratasys 3D printers. - Brandon
Jon Hiller works with “digital materials” - writing software and making 3D printers that can build shapes out of discrete bits (small spheres), but he’s also a great guitarist and has made carbon fiber acoustic guitars. - Evan
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Weekly Staff Picks, April 22, 2012
Here are our Staff Picks for this week.
The Tricorder Project Open source project aims to build StarTrek Tricorder- want to help? - Evan
Republic Bike Customized bikes: Republic Bike. You can customize your bike based on shared design. - WanTing
Phantasm CS This is a plug-in for Illustrator that adds several useful tools including embedded image capabilities and vector toning. There’s a free trial period. Great for laser work. - Stephanie
Computers Powered by Crabs Research shows that logic gates (OR, XOR, and AND) can be simulated by herding soldier crabs through tunnels, meaning a crab-based computer is at least theoretically possible. - Alex
Say Hello to Tegris Ever wonder how laser cutting machines are made? Quench your curiosity! - Seth
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