3D printed speakers give you a custom light show to go with your tunes

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="image-container" style="text-align: center;"><img alt="For Michael" data-src-height="411" data-src-width="619" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/04/lightspeakersdsc08410.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: left;">3D printing is still in its relative infancy, but more and more folks are using machines like the MakerBot Replicator and Formlab's Form 1 to turn digital plans into physical reality. An Autodesk engineer named Evan Atherton has access to a much more capable (and expensive) 3D printer, an Objet Connex 500, and as a design exercise decided to use that printer to create a finished product. You see, a lot of 3D printers are used for rapid prototyping, as opposed to product manufacturing. Join us after the break for a video interview with Atherton explaining how he created these sonic beauties. </div></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="349" id="viddler-8cfc5137" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="//www.viddler.com/embed/8cfc5137/?f=1&offset=0&autoplay=0&secret=53192048&disablebranding=0&view_secret=53192048" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="545"></iframe></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">With the Objet Connex 500, Atherton is able to print single objects that seamlessly integrate two different materials, as opposed to the single materials used by less expensive printers. In this case, he combined a flexible rubber and a hard plastic to print out a pair of crystal orb speaker housings. From there he inserted strips of addressable RGB LED strips operated by a custom LumiGeek microcontroller to make the speakers glow in time with your tunes. LumiGeek also provided the companion app that allows users to fine tune the light show to their tastes. Alas, at well over $2,000 worth of printed material and almost 60 hours worth of man and machine labor to create them, there aren't any plans to sell the speakers. However, LumiGeek will be Kickstarting its mictroctontroller that allows users to dictate video output based on audio files sometime soon.</div></div>

3D printed speakers give you a custom light show to go with your tunes

3D printing is still in its relative infancy, but more and more folks are using machines like the MakerBot Replicator and Formlab's Form...

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HP introduces Unreal Engine 4-ready 'turnkey solution' workstations, collaborating with ALT Systems

<div dir="rtl" style="text-align: right;" trbidi="on"><div class="image-container" dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;"><img alt="HP introduces Unreal Engine 4ready 'turnkey solution' workstations, collaborating with ALT Systems" data-src-height="383" data-src-width="619" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/hpworkstationsue4619pxhedimg.jpg" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">Hewlett-Packard may not be well-known by consumers for creating the machines that power the industries that power the world we live in, but the company's workstation business does just that. From film to oil drilling to medicine, HP's workstations have their hands in a lot of pies -- and today, that expands more directly to yet another major industry: video games. With its Z1, Z820 and Z620 workstations, HP is collaborating with Epic Games, Autodesk, and ALT Systems to create what they're calling a "turnkey solution" to game development workstation woes. The three aforementioned units can be customized to arrive with a variety of variables, including Unreal Engine 4, Autodesk, and NVIDIA GTX-line GPUs.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;">In so many words, ALT Systems will take the disparate pieces of hardware and software from HP, NVIDIA, Autodesk and Epic Games to provide an all-in-one buying solution for game dev studios. As ALT Systems president Jon Guess laughingly explained, it provides clients "one neck to wring" should things go wrong, rather than dev studios having to suss out hardware issues on their own. The first fruits of the partnership arrive this year in game developer-centric versions of the aforementioned three workstation models. For a full rundown of the various workstation configurations that'll arrive this year, ALT Systems has a site set up just for you.</div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"> <img alt="Gallery Image" height="531" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/z620-workstation.jpg" width="640" /><img alt="Gallery Image" height="455" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/z820-workstation-dualscreen.jpg" width="640" /></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;"></div></div>

HP introduces Unreal Engine 4-ready 'turnkey solution' workstations, collaborating with ALT Systems

Hewlett-Packard may not be well-known by consumers for creating the machines that power the industries that power the world we live in, bu...

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