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Piquant: Low-Cost Universal Smartphone Tripod Mount

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If like me, you are using your mobile phone for your picture taking, you may have wished for a convenient way to attach it to your tripod. Jin Tsubota has come up with a clever device that will get the job done quickly, the Piquant! The project has been launched on Kickstarter and its production [...]

Amiga Mini

Amiga Mini

I thought some of our more senior members here, like myself, might find the Amiga Mini an interesting concept, at least those that got into computing in the mid 80s when the Amiga Commodore was launched. Commodore USA have now launched the Amiga Mini which looks to have taken its design cue from the Apple [...]

Mechanical design for everyone: SpaceClaim 3D Direct Modeling

SpaceClaim

I’ve just learned from a article by Gopla Shah at Google SketchUp that a very old wish list item in SketchUp is now achievable with SpaceClaim for SketchUp! The past problem! Gopal writes, ‘With SpaceClaim, engineers can convert conceptual designs in SketchUp’s native SKP format (which is optimized for fast performance) into precise solid models [...]

Cragside House

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Our resident Period House Modeler, tadema (John Higgins) has yet again astounded us with another highly detailed period house model, this time its Cragside House! You can check out further details here.

Airbus A380

AIRBUS A380

A SCF member, Elissandre Rodrigues, has just completed a fantastic SketchUp model of the Airbus A380. The texturing looks to be near perfect. Images can be viewed on this topic.

What’s New with SU Podium for Google SketchUp

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What’s New February 29, 2012 What’s New February 29, 2012 1. EditInPlace 1.1 is free for SU Podium V2 users. 2. SU Podium V2.10 – released 3. SU Podium Image of the month 4. SU Podium Browser – new paid components in February 2012 5. SU Walk – still $89 for SU Podium V2 users [...]

BakeScape

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A new visualization platform had hit the market, BakeScape by RendoSoft. Full details and demo videos can be had here.

Pop Up is the winner of the innosite contest

Pop up Winner

Last month I mentioned the innosite design contest. It was a contest for innovative low cost eco ideas for temporary buildings. The winner has now been announced, Pop Up. Pop Up uses scaffolding to create pop up structures, mostly on top of city roofs but I imagine they could ‘pop up’ anywhere. With the building [...]

ARmedia Augmented Reality Player for iOS

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Graziano Terenzi of Inglobe Technologies, a regular here at SFC and one of the developers of ARmedia has just announced the release of ARmedia Augmented Reality Player for iOS on the App Store. Graziano advises, “ARmedia Player” is the first iOS application that allows users to interact with virtual models created by means of the [...]

The Big Bus

The Big Bus

SCF member, Elissandre Rodrigues, shows us an interesting model he has made of ‘The Big Bus’ based on the vehicle which appeared in the 1976 movie, The Big Bus. You can view further images and a movie Elissandre has made of The Big Bus here.

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