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Tooli Plots, Engraves and Airbrushes on Your Desktop
Albert Clock Helps Kids Get Better at Arithmetic
Disney Princesses as League of Legends characters: LoL indeed

Tooli Plots, Engraves and Airbrushes on Your Desktop

Posted: 03 Jul 2015 01:53 PM PDT

Tools that were once industrially available are now making their way onto our desktops, to the endless joy of DIY enthusiasts.

If you’re past the stage of marking the name of your loved one on a tree, you probably know that metallic surfaces are far more durable. Granted, Troy Cundy must have thought of more practical things when he designed the Tooli creative desktop tool, a desktop CNC machine that relies on modularity to prove its versatility. The four tasks Tooli can accomplish are laser engraving, airbrusing, dispensing and plotting.

While this CNC machine isn’t for everybody, it could definitely prove useful for creative minds that are interested in leaving a mark on things (quite literally, this time). One of the best things about Tooli is that modules can be added to it in order to expand the surface for plotting or engraving. Considering that, Tooli could help small business, as well, and not just individuals.

“Tooli was designed from the ground up to be a scalable multi-function creative tool that’s super easy to use. Available in 3 sizes up to 84x60cm (33″ x 24″), Tooli provides the perfect creative space for artists and makers. The intuitive touch screen makes using Tooli super easy, and together with our Art2Gcode software offers a total package that everyone can use.

Tooli can plot with a level of versatility unlike anything else. The solenoid found in conventional plotters is replaced with a stepper motor and provides ultimate control over plunge speed and depth. With adjustable force from 30 to 1000g (1 to 35oz), this unique design is the perfect tool for plotting with everything from scrapers to soft tip markers. Tooli’s plot function allows you to easily create drawings with pens pencils and markers, or cut signs and decals with the included knife. We've even added a unique stamping feature that automatically returns the stamp to an ink pad as needed.”

Cundy turned to Kickstarter to raise the $65,000 AUD necessary for mass producing Tooli. So far, backers have pledged less than a third of that, but the project still has 37 days to go. If pledges follow the current trend, the funding goal should be exceeded way before the deadline. Assuming you’re backing the project with more than $1,395 AUD, you should receive your modular CNC machine in March 2016.

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Albert Clock Helps Kids Get Better at Arithmetic

Posted: 03 Jul 2015 01:20 PM PDT

When it comes to learning anything, we’re better off if we start at the earliest possible point in time. We are taught the numbers and how to read a clock before arithmetic, but why not combine the two?

Axel Schindlbeck and Fred Mauclere figured out that telling the time shouldn’t be an easy task. With that thought in mind, they proceeded to designing a clock that poses arithmetic problems whenever you want to know what time it is. The hours and the minutes are each displayed as simple math problems, and luckily for us, the designers decided to do away with the seconds. Those would have required extremely quick reactions, and in the case of the younger crowd, that might have led to frustration.

“Had Albert Einstein owned such a clock, he probably would also have become a brilliant mathematician,” points out Axel Schindlbeck, the product designer. “We think of life as a way to learn, and we love to experience the world that surrounds us in a playful way. We believe in kids – small ones and big ones as well – and we believe in the importance and the benefits of Science. We want to develop intelligent products that can have a positive influence on our everyday life, by changing our ways to see the world!”

Named after the aforementioned famous physicist, the Albert math clock assumes you (or your kid) know which arithmetic operations go first. To make things a bit more difficult, the equations change every minute, which means that the hour doesn’t stay the same. On top of that, to accommodate kids with harder operations, the difficulty increases progressively, thus forcing the lil’ Padawan to focus even more on solving them.

The Albert digital clock for kids is currently listed on Kickstarter, where its developers are looking to raise €23,000 (approximately $25,500). Right now, the project is half way there, but there are 23 more days to go, so the campaign has great chances of being successful. Kicktraq statistics indicate that the pledge level trends towards €34K, which is great news for the people behind Albert. Unless you’re willing to wait till February 2016 to get the Albert clock you’ve paid $136+ for, you can donate $1.14 and get the mobile app version of it, which surely isn’t as fun.

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Disney Princesses as League of Legends characters: LoL indeed

Posted: 03 Jul 2015 12:56 PM PDT

See what Disney princesses have to say when they’ve had enough of “cute” things and get their game on with the almightily popular League of Legends.

A digital artist known as Elasar Reem, who goes by Dreeners at DeviantArt has created a series of fan art pictures, reimagining some of the most well-known leading ladies in Disney movies as badass League of Legends (LoL) characters.

This series works particularly well as the author based her creations on both color gamma and likeness to give life to these LoL variants. Bows, guns and swords round out each one of the princesses exquisitely crafted outfits, and some of them are truly the work of genius. We’d like to watch a movie starring all of these characters in these outfits… Anyways, enjoy the pictures in this story, for our words could not do them justice..

The only ones we had some trouble telling who they were originally supposed to be are Helen & Violet (Pixar’s The Incredibles) and Tarzan’s Jane. How about you?

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