One of the best tools for iPhone prototyping has now come to the iPad using the same simple principle, an active extended screen.
iPad next to mac sharing screen
You can find a download for Air Display over at Avatron.
Ideo Labs just released this great new (and free) iPhone prototyping application that mirrors your desktop on the iPhone. The great thing here is that taps on the iPhone register as mouse clicks. You position an emulator on your desktop to frame the active area on the phone.
Download it here LiveView for iPhone
I haven’t had a chance to play around with this sketching tool yet but it looks interesting. You can see a demo at atebits.com
- Incredibly easy-to-use drawing tool
- Advanced stroke rendering make sketches look natural
- Intuitive 3D layer interface
- Save to most popular graphics formats
- Drawing tablet supported (but not required)
- 1-click sharing
- Freely publish to the Scribbles Gallery
- “Infinite canvas” groundbreaking core technology that allows the artist to break free of the restrictions of typical drawing apps. You never have to pre-define the size of your canvas. You can zoom into your drawings with unparalleled precision and Scribbles will magically re-render your art so you never encounter a jaggy edge or blocky pixel.
- High-resolution output
- Free to download and try for as long as you want
Core77 gives a nice breakdown of addative and subtractive techniques as well as a list of great materials.
This looks like a really interesting tool but there is little information outside of this demo
“A 3D curve sketching system that captures some of the affordances of pen and paper for professional designers, allowing them to iterate directly on concept 3D curve models. The system coherently integrates existing techniques of sketch-based interaction with a number of novel and enhanced features. Novel contributions of the system include automatic view rotation to improve curve sketchability, an axis widget for sketch surface selection, and implicitly inferred changes between sketching techniques. We also improve on a number of existing ideas such as a virtual sketchbook, simplified 2D and 3D view navigation, multi-stroke NURBS curve creation, and a cohesive gesture vocabulary.”
The cost of 3d printers may have just dropped and become a little more green. Mcor uses regular office paper and a water based glue to render 3d models. Essentially, this is a particle board form. A number of surface treatments can be applied to harden, shape and detail the print. In addition, multiple forms can easily be joined to produce larger forms.