Posted by Mike Lucey
2D Art, All News, iPad
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

I mentioned the JaJa some weeks ago as I was extremely impressed with the idea of being able to use a stylus on my iPad that will allow me to achieve pressure sensitivity input. The project on Kickstarter has now been funded and Jon Atherton, the developer, advises that an order has been placed for [...]
Posted by Mike Lucey
All News, iPad
Friday, January 6th, 2012

Many of us with iPads have used various pen input devices that are not much better than the finger! Pressure sensitive input and execution would be the ideal like the expensive Wacom devices produce. However there may be a new pen coming soon that will be the answer to our prayers! Its called the JaJa [...]
Posted by Mike Lucey
All News, Pointing & Painting Devices
Saturday, October 22nd, 2011

I just got an update from Oleg Kostour, one of the developers of Maide, that it now works on the Mac. I made a post some days about this app that allows the user to control many functions of SketchUp via an iPad. I have had a trouble free set-up on my MBP and have [...]
Posted by Mike Lucey
All News, Hardware, Plug-ins, Pointing & Painting Devices
Saturday, October 15th, 2011

This is something that is quite new, at least to me. The developers of Maide Control have developed a way to use the iPad to help with SketchUp usage in a number of ways. I trust the above picture, a screen grab from the Maide demo video, explains simply what the Maide Control is all [...]
Posted by Mike Lucey
All News, Hardware
Thursday, September 1st, 2011

Razer are claiming the Blade is the thinnest gaming laptop of its class. Each chassis of the Blade is milled out of aluminum. and not only does it look like a MacBook Pro, but it sounds like its built like one. The first thing that strikes the viewer is the ‘Switchblade’ UI with ten customizable [...]
Posted by Rich O'Brien
All News, Design, Hardware, Mice, The Daily CatchUp, YouTube Channels
Friday, July 29th, 2011

World first 3D Mouse! Could Lexip’s Be3D be the ‘ultimate tool for 3D’? It certainly looks interesting and it seems to combine the features we see in 3DConnexion’s Navigator within a mouse. It provides one-handed ability to select, create, edit, move, pan, zoom and rotate a 3D model or environment. If the Be3D works as [...]
Posted by Mike Lucey
All News, Hardware, Mice
Thursday, January 6th, 2011

I’m always on the lookout for a ‘better mouse’. Currently I use a Microsoft Mobile Memory Mouse 8000 with my MacBook Pro. I find it just small enough to use effectively on the right-hand area of the palm-rest. Also the ergonomic shape makes for easy hours of use. It also comes with a 1GB Flash [...]
Posted by Rich O'Brien
3D Scanning, All News, Applications, Hardware, Reviews
Monday, December 6th, 2010

Here at SketchUcation we were lucky enough to get our hands on a DAVID Laserscanner Starter Kit for review. For those who are unfamiliar with Laser Scanning it involves analyzing a real-world object or environment to collect data on its shape which is used to construct digital, three dimensional models useful for a wide variety [...]
Posted by Coen Naninck
All News, Hardware
Sunday, November 21st, 2010

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Posted by Mike Lucey
All News, Hardware, Websites
Friday, November 12th, 2010

GeForce.com is a new site from nVidia that help to get the most out of your nVidia Graphics Card. You can update drivers, learn about the latest games, and connect with other GeForce users. There are quite a number of useful sections on the site: Get GeForce Drivers See What’s new Optimize your GeForce GeForce [...]