Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Hear Bucky Fuller Talk About Life, Airplanes, and the Future

Source: http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/this-new-short-video-about-bucky-fuller-is-neat-1691990809

There's something jarring about hearing old interviews of legendary futurist Buckminster Fuller. He speaks at a rapid pace, like each word is racing to get out before the next. But both Fuller's style and his self-assuredness make it hard not to get swept up in his unbridled optimism about the future of technology — especially in this new animated video created from audio interviews conducted by Studs Terkel in 1965 and 1970.

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Premera Blue Cross Was Hacked -- And Took Months To Tell Anyone

Source: http://gizmodo.com/premera-blue-cross-was-hacked-and-took-months-to-tel-1692059150

Premera Blue Cross, a health-insurance company with millions of patients in the US, has just admitted that 11 million of its customers have been victims of a wide-ranging data breach. Stolen data includes Social Security numbers, bank account information, and clinical records. Oh crap.

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This Cheap Hack Shows No iPhone PIN Is Really Safe

Source: http://gizmodo.com/this-cheap-hack-shows-no-iphone-pin-is-really-safe-1692020457

I've always thought of an iPhone passcode as being fairly secure — it's a 4-digit number, whith a lockout that prevents just mashing buttons until you find the right answer. But apparently, there's a cheap box that can get hack your security, no matter what.

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Autodesk's new app lets kids design their own toys

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/17/autodesk-tinkerplay/

3D printers can build anything from prosthetics and musical instruments to Hershey chocolates. But, even as the technology continues to make strides with materials (metal, concrete, etc.) and takes on full-fledged architectural projects, it seems to move further away from the reach of children. Tinkerplay, a new kid-friendly 3D printing app, makes it quick and easy for all age groups to design and experiment with minimal assistance.

The app is the brainchild of Autodesk, the company best known for its flagship AutoCAD design software. It's an evolution of Autodesk-acquired Modio, an iPad app that worked with desktop 3D printers. Like its predecessor, Tinkerplay eliminates the need for additional rafts and support materials which tend to complicate the process for at-home designs. But new features and functions allow kids (and older humans) to choose from the pre-loaded character templates or create their own versions from modifiable parts. Users can drag and drop parts to create characters or create their own complex little parts with customizable textures and colors for a new design. For the latter, connectors available with the larger Tinkercad family can be employed. In the end, the printer processes similar color parts that can be snapped up together for a ready-to-pose figurine.

The app, available on iOS, Android and Windows, is an addition to a growing list of 3D printing tools that encourage at-home experimentation. But it also engages a more pertinent audience -- a generation that learns to swipe screens and tinker with gadgets before they can walk.

[Image credit: Tinkerplay]

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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

New Liquid 3D Printing System Is 25 Times Faster Than Its Competitors

Source: http://gizmodo.com/new-liquid-3d-printing-system-is-25-times-faster-than-i-1691865330

3D printing isn't short of advocates in the design and engineering world, because of its ability to easily produce prototypes—but it can be slow. A new company called Carbon3D hopes to change that, though, with a new 3D printing method that claims to be 25-100 times faster than other resin printing techniques.

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