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You too can live in a 3D world

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Jon Peddie

The toys are out there. By Jon Peddie At Siggraph 2014 in Van­couver, Google was giving away Cardboard VR glass­es ...

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A word about representing screen resolution

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Jon Peddie

You can’t just draw bigger boxes to describe better resolution. When some people make comparisons of resolution, they do so ...

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2014 wasn’t that bad, was it?

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Kathleen Maher

Product introductions from 2013–2014 will make for an eventful 2015 By Kathleen Maher This year saw a return of optimism ...

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“What’s with them?”

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Randall Newton

The most talked about companies and products in design/engineering software in 2014, and how they will be trending in 2015. ...

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Energy scooter student project awaits Kickstarter fate

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Randall Newton

Makeosity is connecting Bronx students with design and business training. Now a novel scooter is awaiting Kickstarter funding. A group ...

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SketchUp 2015 opening screen honors architectural illustrator

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Randall Newton

Highly sought after for his award-winning hand-drawn visualizations, Steve Oles is also an avid SketchUp user. The team behind Trimble ...

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Derby the dog gets new legs from 3D printing

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Randall Newton

Custom orthotics allow disabled dog to run for the first time. [Editor’s Note: There is a link to a YouTube ...

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3D printing for the Space Station

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Kathleen Maher

Made in Space and NASA have brought 3D printing to Outer Space, to create all the little things they left ...

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2r1y—seeing and measuring in 3D what you see

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Jon Peddie

Ukrainian startup has achieved a breakthrough in scanning, imaging, and measuring from off-the-shelf parts By Jon Peddie 2r1y, a startup ...

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PTC wants its customers to come aboard with the Internet of Things

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GfxS staff

Five billion Internet-connected objects by 2019, and PTC plans to be in the middle of it all. Tom Lansford reports ...