I was recently in Detroit to see what Ford has been working on for the North American International Auto Show (aka NAIAS). It doesn’t get much bigger on this continent than this event in the car world.
As the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia approach, it’s hard not to reflect on the amazing time that Vancouver had just four short years ago. For me personally, it was a highlight of my lifetime. I took six weeks off work and was basically a freelance photographer during the both the Winter Olympics and…
Earlier this week I had the chance to get a behind the scenes tour of the Ford Motor Company’s 3D printing facilities at the Beech Daly Technical Center in Dearborn, Michigan. This facility is normally closed to visitors (I was only allowed to take photos in certain areas) so this was a pretty rare opportunity…
More thoughts and details about having Google Glass for the last couple of months.
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 I was invited to take part in the final leg of the Great Canadian TDI Diesel Tour with Volkswagen Canada. The premise of the trip was that starting from The Maritimes, teams of drivers would spend a few days each driving a leg of a multipart road trip across Canada. Each leg was to…
I stumbled across the Microslice Laser Cutter on Instructables (by SilverJimmy) and decided almost instantly that I wanted to build one. I’ve wanted my own laser cutter forever but unfortunately, my home is not set up to properly handle a full size machine as I wouldn’t have adequate ventilation in my garage, not to mention…