A few weeks ago I agreed to appear on camera attempting to sing a verse of a remixed version of the 12 Days of Christmas with my friends from Zen Launchpad, Vandrico and a bunch of other folks from the local Vancouver tech/startup community. It’s a fun little video and my segment features a 3D…
Last weekend I had the opportunity to try out 3D Systems’ new product, the Sense 3D Scanner. It’s a handheld 3D scanner that allows you to scan just about anything from small objects to buildings. My pal Eugene from Tinkerine Studios brought it over shortly after purchasing it. I’ve been using a Microsoft Kinect and…
Recently I took a workshop at the Vancouver Hackspace on SMD soldering which is the process of soldering surface mount devices (aka really TINY parts). This is the kind of soldering usually done by robots to help shrink down our electronic devices and isn’t typically done by hand. I’ve been wanting to learn how to…
Recently I managed to get an invite to try out Google Glass. And by ‘try out’, I mean I got to plunk down $1500US to own a pair myself of the second generation device. They won’t be available to the general public until sometime in 2014 at an unknown price point (but I doubt they…
Recently, Samsung Canada sent me their new Galaxy Gear smartwatch (in black) and the recently updated Galaxy Note 3 smartphone (also in black) to try out. I’ve been using them together for a while now, with the Note 3 being my primary cell phone paired with the Gear smartwatch. After about two weeks of usage,…
Last Friday I had the chance to be a guest at the London Drugs Retail Tech trade show in Whistler. This private event has been going on for 24 years which brings many technology vendors under one roof for the staff at London Drugs to learn about the new products ahead of the holiday season….
I get asked quite often about 3D printing and where things are going. I thought I’d put down some thoughts and some predictions which may be fun to revisit in a year or two. First of all, let’s explain a few things. Most of all the 3D printing I’m involved with is something called FDM…
Yesterday I attended a briefing with Samsung Canada where they unveiled a few new products coming to Canada over the next few days and weeks. This included the new mini versions of their very popular Galaxy S3 and S4 smartphones, the new Note 3 and their much anticipated take on the smart watch category, the…
I recently bumped into Ricky Shetty (daddyblogger.ca) at an event and he was very interested in 3D printing technology. So we ended up doing an interview via Google Hangout. It’s always fun explaining the technology to people and showing off the output from my printers. Thanks for the opportunity, Ricky!
This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I talked about these items: CrowdCam: With nearly everyone capturing events in real time with their smartphones, a new conceptual app could change the way we view these events. CrowdCam is an idea from Aydin Arpa (MIT) that figures out the location of each camera relative to…