After weeks of trying out wigs and dresses, Adam and Josh finally decided that it would ‘probably’ be best to have ‘actual’ females on the show to discuss the state of being a female designer or engineer in today’s competitive product design world. Listen in and we’ll be discussing the challenges (there are few) and benefits (there are many) of being a woman in the realm of design today.
- How do you spell awesome? R-O-B-O-T-S. Robots people! 3D Printed Robots to be exact. MyRobotNation.com has launched and brings to you via the glory of web, an online custom robot manufacturing MACHINE of BEAUTY. You have a complete UI to create, share, print and gift your robot overlord creations. Right in time for the holidays and something I stayed up way to late playing with. So cool.
- It may come as a surprise, but the CAD Market you toil yourself through each day is worth $7 Billion dollars. It’s true. Jon Peddie research released their worldwide CAD Market report, and as it turns out, you’re also a wee spec in a growing community of 19 million CAD users. Plenty of shoulders to lean on though as slow growth continues into next year, in a market headed to cloud and mobile apps.
- Speaking of mobile apps, software developer Javier Edo has released Forger, a sculpting app for the iPad. If you like Zbrush or Sculptris or have downloaded 123D Sculpt by Autodesk, you’ll LOVE this. Forger allows you to import or export OBJ files, comes with 9 brushes, mesh visibility and masking. It’s on the app store for $2.99. BOOM.
- And what do you do, when you can’t afford to build a multi-person, rocket propelled hovercraft? Make a movie about it and launch the project on Kickstarter to the chagrin of your parents. That’s exactly what Johnathan Stemmons is doing, and he’s nearly got the funding to make rocket-powered water-slash-land travel your preferred method of taking the kids to soccer practice in the not-to-distant future.
- Finally, how do you slam CAD and fashion couture together? Start a online fashion incubator like Dassualt Systemes did this week. FashionLab is the new site to envision future design tools for designers, stylists and fancy dressers. Hit the 3ds.com catwalk to see how fashion design is done and get your haute design digs on.
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