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Tiger Roll claims fifth Cheltenham Festival win - BBC Sport. Two-time Grand National winner Tiger Roll claimed a remarkable fifth Cheltenham Festival triumph with victory in the Cross Country Chase.

Tiger Roll claims fifth Cheltenham Festival win - BBC Sport

The 11-year-old, ridden by Keith Donoghue, put recent defeats behind him to score by 18 lengths from Easysland. Tiger Roll (9-2) won for Denise Foster, who has stepped in while trainer Gordon Elliott serves a six-month ban. Put The Kettle On took the Queen Mother Champion Chase as odds-on favourite Chacun Pour Soi finished third. Phantom 3 Standard - Official DJI Store. How is the Phantom 3 Standard different from the Phantom 3 Professional/Advanced?

Phantom 3 Standard - Official DJI Store

The Phantom 3 Standard is the most streamlined addition to the Phantom 3 series. It connects to the DJI GO app over WiFi and has a 2.7K video camera. The Phantom 3 Professional and Advanced add DJI’s Vision Positioning system, GLONASS in addition to standard GPS, an extended range via DJI Lightbridge, and a remote controller with extended functionality. The Phantom 3 Professional also has a 4K camera. All models use the DJI GO app and the DJI Intelligent Flight Battery and take 12 megapixel photos.

800,000-year-old footprints found in Norfolk. 900,000 year-old Norfolk footprints 'definitely human' Earliest human footprints outside Africa discovered in NORFOLK. Blog — TRXL. 1.

Blog — TRXL

The Trippy ’60s, Courtesy of a Master On a recent morning in a townhouse office on East 32nd Street in Manhattan, reality was treading closely, and somewhat strangely, in fiction’s footsteps. The client sitting in the conference room, waiting for his real-life ad man, was the show’s creator, Matthew Weiner. And the ad man was not just another bright, creative type from the art department. Proxxon disc sander works horizontally or vertically. My homemade second-hand 1" belt sander gets a lot of use in my shop, but I could use something a little more precise at times.

Proxxon disc sander works horizontally or vertically

This bench sander fits the bill perfectly. I'm adding this to my wish list. I have two Proxxon benchtop tools -- the table saw and miter saw. These tools are, in a word, awesome. I have a lot of faith in this brand. From the product description: For all types of wood, steel, non-ferrous and precious metals, plastics, plexiglass and fiberglass. Introducing Maker Materials & the New Improved Elasto Plastic. The backbone of Shapeways is the 3D Printing materials we offer to our community.

Introducing Maker Materials & the New Improved Elasto Plastic

From the versatile Strong and Flexible Plastics, to the beautiful, hand-polished finish of Premium Silver, materials inspire everyone to create new products that no one ever dreamed of before. Our mission at Shapeways has always been to enable anyone to make anything they want. First, we built a system to allow Makers to design and purchase models for themselves.

Then we created Shapeways Shops to enable anyone to launch a business and sell their products worldwide. Now, we want to make it easier for Makers to gain access to the newest 3D printing materials on the market and test them with us. Architecture and design blog. The Arts – live, free and on demand. Ponoko – Blog. Rotational Moulding DIY Machine by Andrew Duffy, Craig Tyler and Edward Harrison. Product design students Andrew Duffy, Craig Tyler and Edward Harrison have built a machine for making plastic objects, which is powered by a cordless drill.

Rotational Moulding DIY Machine by Andrew Duffy, Craig Tyler and Edward Harrison

Made of scrap materials, the device produces hollow, plastic products by rotating a mould on two axis while resins harden inside. The three young designers developed the apparatus to help them learn about industrial, rotational moulding while studying at the University for the Creative Arts in the UK. Watch a movie about the project here. Here's some more information from the designers: To have an idea is one thing, to fully understand the process is paramount to good design.

Whilst Studying on a BA honours degree, Product Design students Andrew Duffy, Craig Tyler and Edward Harrison wanted to learn more about a manufacturing process named rotational moulding. The D.I.Y rotation moulding machine was built to replicate the industrial process to help further understand its possibilities. Blog: Say goodbye to unsightly STL triangle misery! Forever!

I downloaded Rupert Rawnsley's OpenSCADHorizontal Spool Holder from Thingiverse and printed it on one of my Prusa Mendels.

Blog: Say goodbye to unsightly STL triangle misery! Forever!

Nothing unusual about that. Except that at no point in the making-chain from Thingiverse to the finished printed object was an STL file used to do the calculations. Fashion design edging closer to 3D. With Fashion Weeks around the globe drumming up much fanfare it’s nice to take a step back from the glitz and glamour of those perched on the catwalk front row, and think about the designers.

Fashion design edging closer to 3D

The industry is devoutly 2D - especially the haute couture of the most desirable labels, being more art than garment - so steps into designing through 3D tools has been a slow one. Last December Dassault Systèmes launched its Fashion Lab, and the engineering software company had previously been working tirelessly with mass consumer brands such as Under Armor in introducing 3D into apparel design.

This year sees a more unlikely source of 3D design influence coming from the games industry, with Marvellous Designer 2. Stuff. We dont do retro. Ponoko – Blog.