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'Air Stylus' Turns Your iPad Into a Drawing Tablet for Your Mac Air Display developer Avatron Software today launched Air Stylus, an app that allows users to utilize the iPad as a pressure-sensitive, wireless drawing surface for over 30 graphics programs on the Mac. The app is compatible with a number of pressure sensitive styli, including the Wacom Intuos Creative Stylus and the Adonit Jot Touch 4, and works with popular programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Pixelmator. Air Stylus also includes support for pinch-to-zoom and two finger gestures while drawing, and features the ability to toggle palm rejection on and off. Convert Sketchup SKP files to DXF or STL This is a plugin script for Google's free 3D design program Sketchup. The free version of Sketchup has limited file export options and many CAM programs will not recognise the native Sketchup (SKP) file format. This plugin allows you to export your Sketchup model as a DXF or STL files readable by most CAM and 3D printer software. The code for this plugin is opensource - and hosted on github. Installation instructions using the RBZ format - Sketchup 2016, 2015, 2013, Make & version 8.2 and up:

Livescribe 3 Smartpen Announced for iOS Devices with IR Camera, Content Recognition Capabilities Paper-based computing company Livescribe has announced the Livescribe 3, the latest version of its popular Bluetooth smartpen for iOS devices. The smartpen includes an ARM 9 processor inside and a high speed infrared camera at the top, along with an on/off twist ring and a lithium ion battery that lasts up to 14 hours. Elevate Your Writing From the integrated stylus cap to the Swiss-made tungsten-carbide ballpoint ink cartridge, the Livescribe 3 smartpen is a statement of elegant design that delivers the experience of a premium writing instrument.

SocBlue A820 - 2 SIMS ACTIVE AT THE SAME TIME! is compatible with Sony XPERIA Z and many other phones – MagicSim The SOCBLUE A820 is a revolutionary, lightweight, small smart device which you can carry alongside your phone, allowing you to have 2 GSM SIM cards active at the same time in your mobile phone. The SOCBLUE A820 works with almost all android phones using Android 2.2 or higher, and also works on almost all apple iOS devices. Check our full compatibilty list for more details. If your phone is not on the list, it may still be compatible. Please contact us with the details of your mobile and a member of our customer service team will be happy to offer advice.

STL The STL file format is widely used across different 3D printing and modeling interfaces. For instance, many of the models you might find on Thingiverse.com are available in STL format, and several popular 3D printers accept STL files to prepare models for fabrication. This extension provides import/export functionality for STL files to and from SketchUp, so you can easily export SketchUp groups to STL, or import an STL design and manipulate it within SketchUp. Once you install the extension, you’ll find two new options under the File menu: Noteslate /// Noteslate SHIRO - The first pure handwriting device Handwriting is an essential part of any culture and specific for various cultures across the globe. Noteslate brings you a customized global crowd driven handwriting platform for creativity, communication, sharing, networking and a further brand new evolution of handwriting, The Slate platform, a community driven handwritten network. The freedom.

'Notability' Named App of the Week, Available for Free Popular note taking app Notability has been named Apple's App of the Week, and as a result, it is available as a free download for the first time since it was released in 2011. Notability allows users to make sketches, take notes, annotate documents, sign contracts, record lectures, and more. It supports input via a finger or stylus and includes palm rejection to make note taking easier. SocBlue A810 - 2 OR 3 SIMS ACTIVE AT THE SAME TIME! is compatible with Sony XPERIA Z and many other phones – MagicSim The SOCBLUE A810 is a revolutionary, lightweight, small smart device which you can carry alongside your phone, allowing you to have 2 or 3 GSM SIM cards active at the same time in your mobile phone. The SOCBLUE A810 works with almost all android phones using Android 2.2 or higher, and also works on almost all apple iOS devices. Check our full compatibilty list for more details. If your phone is not on the list, it may still be compatible.

Sliceforms Sketchup Sliceforms – Step 5 – Viewing the result When the calculation is complete, the sliced torus is shown with copies of the flattened slices below: Open Layers on the Window menu and make the various aspects of the model visible. With the Flat-X slices layer invisible you can see just the Sliceform. You can also make one of the slice layers invisible, so that you can see the Y slices for example. iOS 8's Variable Touch Sizing Bringing 'Surface Pressure' to FiftyThree's 'Pencil' Stylus FiftyThree announced today (via TechCrunch) that its "Pencil" iPad stylus will be updated with a new Surface Pressure feature when iOS 8 debuts later this year. This feature allows users to change the thickness of the lines they create by controlling how much of the pencil tip comes in contact with the iPad screen. Pencil’s tapered tip was inspired by the expressive richness of real pencil points, which allow creators to change the character of the line with the angle of the tip. With Surface Pressure you’ll be able to control the lines you create based on how much of Pencil’s tip or eraser is in contact with your iPad. Use the point for fine details or the angled edge for broad strokes. Surface Pressure unlocks new capabilities for each of Paper's tools—fill faster as you draw, shade as you sketch, or carve away in varying widths as you erase.

GMATE + (PLUS) DUAL SIM DEVICE 2 SIMS ACTIVE AT THE SAME TIME! is compatible with Sony XPERIA Z and many other phones – MagicSim The Skyroam Gmate+ is a revolutionary, lightweight, small smart device which you can carry alongside your phone, allowing you to have 2 GSM SIM cards active at the same time in your mobile phone. The Gmate+ works with almost all android phones using Android 2.2 or higher, and also works on most apple iOS devices. Check our full compatibilty list for more details. If your phone is not on the list, it may still be compatible.