You're kidding yourself if you think Graphics designers are the type of people who would want to use Linux. Most of them barely understand how a computer works to begin with.
Well, it becomes easy to make parts that have undercuts in them. Also one simply runs the part geometry through a program, the actual CNC programming is significantly easier. Also, that company specifically uses that technology to do some cool stuff like embed RFID tags or such directly into the parts which are not removable.
Good luck, not possible for complex parts, there is currently a very high level of involvement necessary to make complex parts on a CNC. Simple parts however can be automated to a point.
I program these machines for a living right now, not 5 axis but 3 axis high speed hard milling machines. Once I finish my masters degree in Mech E, I'm out of this industry forever. And yes, overseas pressure has a lot to do with it, ultimately the guy who programs the machine directly affects the bottom line in the spreadsheets, so there is a large incentive to keep costs low.
Without the control system software running it that 5-Axis machine would just be a useless bridgeport. Don't forget, any good Bridgeport mill already has "5-axis" capabilities.
Not really, the construction of these machines is pretty automated as is and 3D printing won't get to the quality point where you can make these absurdly priced machines at a reasonable cost anytime soon.
Not to mention they're expensive because the volume is pretty low but they produce a lot of work. Too many machines and you just have wasted machinery not doing anything. Not to mention a lack of resources to truly run a significantly higher amount of machines than are already run today.
I think the kindle can recieve color information, just not display it! At least the kindle app on the iPad seems to be able to.
You know what would be really cool? If you made a digital interactive version of the book, where players can actually see the games progress and maybe even try to play them in the "book!" Probably not justifiable considering all the programming you would need for something like that and the cost of such work.
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Yeah, why should they use the fastest CPUs on the market, shame on them!
You win the most insightful post of the day award.
Weep while you can.
Macs? Any language you want... It is a UNIX based OS after all. (BSD yah yah)
Yet you're stuck making apps in Java. Fun.
You're kidding yourself if you think Graphics designers are the type of people who would want to use Linux. Most of them barely understand how a computer works to begin with.
Well, it becomes easy to make parts that have undercuts in them. Also one simply runs the part geometry through a program, the actual CNC programming is significantly easier. Also, that company specifically uses that technology to do some cool stuff like embed RFID tags or such directly into the parts which are not removable.
Obligatory http://xkcd.com/378/
That's because they were laying off defunct crapy studios.
Because Mac OS X does not have a CLI, not at all.
Thank goodness for VMWare and OSX86.
No, the geeks at /. are in love with Woz's Apple, everyone else is in love with Steve's Apple.
Yes, the Deckel-Maho machines are pretty amazing.
That's nothing... This is impressive, they're practically printing steel parts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gq-JYKG7TQc&feature=related
Yes, well it's most likely cast and then has a finishing machining operation applied to it.
Good luck, not possible for complex parts, there is currently a very high level of involvement necessary to make complex parts on a CNC. Simple parts however can be automated to a point.
I believe this is the remnants of Intel's failed Larrabee chipset which was supposed to compete with Nvidia and ATI.
A nice article on the story behind Larrabee and it's failure:
http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2009/10/12/an-inconvenient-truth-intel-larrabee-story-revealed.aspx
I program these machines for a living right now, not 5 axis but 3 axis high speed hard milling machines. Once I finish my masters degree in Mech E, I'm out of this industry forever. And yes, overseas pressure has a lot to do with it, ultimately the guy who programs the machine directly affects the bottom line in the spreadsheets, so there is a large incentive to keep costs low.
Without the control system software running it that 5-Axis machine would just be a useless bridgeport. Don't forget, any good Bridgeport mill already has "5-axis" capabilities.
Yes, this is rather silly since America still has the largest manufacturing industry in the world by a significant margin.
Not really, the construction of these machines is pretty automated as is and 3D printing won't get to the quality point where you can make these absurdly priced machines at a reasonable cost anytime soon.
Not to mention they're expensive because the volume is pretty low but they produce a lot of work. Too many machines and you just have wasted machinery not doing anything. Not to mention a lack of resources to truly run a significantly higher amount of machines than are already run today.
I think the kindle can recieve color information, just not display it! At least the kindle app on the iPad seems to be able to.
You know what would be really cool? If you made a digital interactive version of the book, where players can actually see the games progress and maybe even try to play them in the "book!" Probably not justifiable considering all the programming you would need for something like that and the cost of such work.
Just an idea.
Not true at all, unless you royally fark up the machine, these machines tend to hold their value for quite a while, especially the 5-axis machines.
Without the ideas there would be no software or hardware, so ultimately the value is in the people who design/run these machines.
A 5 axis machine like that would run you north of $300,000.
And it's not very easy to play around with, and can get very dangerous if you mess up.
You also definetly don't want to do it for a living.
They most likely used windows to run the design software, but they could easily run UNIX with their own set of CAD/CAE software.
I doubt they needed any APPLE/ADOBE tools, the guys who make these machines are engineers.