Over the past year or so we’ve been investing a lot of time and money to renovate our space and build an onsite model shop. We are excited to share with you all the amazing new tools we have and the new retrofitted space to carry out all of your model building and prototyping needs! [...]
February 18, 2010
Bryce and Matt were invited to conduct a workshop at the Adidas Wearable Sports Electronics Division located in Wilmington Delaware. The topic of the day was the wearable and textile electronic prototyping.
February 18, 2010
UPDATE! : The Aluminum displays for SCA Americas Dispenser Innovation Team have been completed, delivered, and quickly put to use in the team’s University City office in downtown Philadelphia. The displays came out fantastic thanks to our friends over at RaceSeng Design and have found their home in conference rooms as well as each team members individual office spaces. [...]
January 10, 2010
We have a few toys at KMD that we like to get paid to play with – and one of those is our vinyl cutter. Piggybacking off the experience some of our staff has had in the signage business, the studio decided to purchase a Copam CP2500 Cutting Plotter. This allows us to cut vinyl [...]
November 27, 2009
CNC (computer numerical control) machining refers to using a computer controlled machine to cut a 3D part out of a solid material. Here at the studio we work with a CNC wood router, utilizing Solidworks and MasterCAM software programs to design and set up tool paths for the machine. It is best used for parts [...]
April 24, 2009
Four identical cabinets were created to display a client’s wide range of products. They are fabricated out of book-matched heavy figure maple plywood which was CNC routed using Solidworks and MasterCAM programs to ensure that each display look and function identically. Brushed aluminum pegboard provides a stylish backdrop while other aluminum detailing and hardware pull together the overall appearance. [...]
April 22, 2009
This project was a short investigation into motion tracking techniques to be used in future development. Written in Processing and using the Minim andJmyron libraries we are able to specifically track the color red as it passes through the cameras view port. The camera view port is virtually divided into quadrants so that the presence [...]
April 10, 2009
Solidworks is a CAD (Computer Aided Design) software program used to build 3D computer models. Utilizing the input of dimensional parameters and 2D sketches a real to life 3D model emerges. This helps designers figure out all the details of a product as each piece is designed and virtually assembled together. Models can then be [...]
April 6, 2009
MasterCAM is a software program that helps us turn our Solidworks 3D computer model directly into tool paths for the CNC router to run. The program will virtually run the job and catch any warning spots where the bit might bottom out or a cut won’t be possible with the indicated bit. Jobs can be [...]
March 20, 2010