Design Electronic Products the Web2.0 Way

This new site is all about designing electronic products (sub $190) as a group:
http://www.crowdspirit.org/

Is there any problem web2.0 can't tackle?

Spaceballs now only £30 NEW

This is the new 6-axis 3D controller (spaceball/spacemouse) from 3dconnection:
http://www.3dconnexion.com/products/3a1d.php

It's called the 'SpaceNavigator' and it looks like a massive price breakthrough for this class of device (previously they retailed for around £200).

What is a 3D controller? Check this link:
http://www.3dconnexion.com/products/3aaa.php
Basically it is an input device used in the opposite hand to your mouse hand. It is used with 3D design software to rotate and zoom a 3D model or navigate a 3D environment.

It is currently windows XP and USB only. It looks like 3Dconnection is now supporting the popular Google 3D applications Sketchup and Google Earth. A full list of supported applications can be found here:
http://www.3dconnexion.com/solutions/cad/2aa.php

UPDATE:
Here is Google Earth being used with the new controller:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XncGAGdqv9E

Adobe Kuler - Colour Palette Utility

This is a great new online colour tool from Adobe:

http://kuler.adobe.com/


It gives you lots of cool 5-Colour palettes that are perfect for web and print design.
You can customise the palettes online or create new ones. Palettes can be found using a keyword search or browsing the 'recent' or 'popular' categories.

Registered users can download palettes in .ase format for use in CS2 Adobe software products.

ConceptShare - share designs online

This is a cool new app for sharing designs online with customers and co-workers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5CXHOEfFJc


UPDATE:
conceptshare is now live:
http://www.conceptshare.com/

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UPDATE:
Yet another website creation/hosting system:
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