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You might have heard about Adobe diving into the hardware scene this week with two new product explorations. Mighty is a cloud-connected, pressure-senstive stylus, and Napoleon is a digital ruler and template tool bringing the efficiency of old-school drafting tools … Continue reading
We use PowerPoint on a regular basis. So why did we have this quote on our wall? We agree with the instead of thinking part and hashing things out at the table. We’re not saying PowerPoint is bad. Unfortunately for collaboration on … Continue reading
My personal MakerBot Replicator 2X arrived yesterday! I set it up last night and was printing within about an hour of unboxing it. Here are two test prints of pre-sliced designs that came on the SD card. Some initial impressions: Overall, the … Continue reading
Recently MindTribe held our very first hack day! We took a day off to build a drawing robot inspired by the polargraph. It was an opportunity for us to work together as a company, working on a single project (we … Continue reading
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Some of you might be familiar with Chris Bangle. He revolutionized car design in 2001 with the BMW 7 Series (you can thank him for any car designed after that with a crease in the metal–car design the decade prior … Continue reading
This photo of a retired Lego mold sparked a lively discussion at a recent MT standup. The mold supposedly birthed 120,000,000 bricks over its career – an astronomical output considering that many sources claim Lego tolerances in the microns. Chet … Continue reading
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Andrew “bunnie” Huang (of Xbox hacking and Chumby fame) recently completed a four-part blog series about manufacturing in China. It’s a great window on the work that goes into ramping up a factory for mass production and demystifies a lot … Continue reading
MindTribe’s brave volunteers are back from CES, mostly detoxified, and just about finished digesting that last buffet brunch. Much has already been written about the gradual demise of CES, its increasing bloat, and decreasing relevance. After all, the public can … Continue reading
Two big interviews with Apple CEO Tim Cook yesterday – one with NBC and another in Bloomberg Businessweek. Cook dropped the announcement that Apple is bringing some manufacturing back to the U.S. It’s not known well that the engine for … Continue reading
Everyone’s heard the fable from the ol’ grey-haired engineer about the time she had to add noise to a system to improve ADC resolution. It seems like these stories are always heavy in the emprise and light in the details. … Continue reading
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