Link via LifeEdited
SketchUp used at LifeEdited to design Transformer Furniture:
 TreeHugger founder Graham Hill is trying to radically reduce his footprint and live happily with less space, less stuff and less waste on less money, but with more design. He calls it “LifeEdited.”
I have been having so much fun with LifeEdited,, trying out all the ideas I have been thinking about for years, getting my old mad Sketchup skilz back, designing again. Here is a riff on Yen Ha and Michi Yanagishita’s pullout bed/ raised platform that we showed a few years ago, with a twist.
Google SketchUp 8 is free.
Google SketchUp Pro 8 is available at a student discount price of $49.
Google SketchUp Pro 8 is free for instructors.
Google SketchUp Pro 8 Lab licenses are available at a school discount price of $14.90.
 Office Academic 2011 Mac
Educational Discount Price $99
Microsoft Office Academic 2011 Mac includes Word 2011, Excel 2011, Powerpoint 2011, Outlook 2011, Messenger for Mac 8, and Remote Desktop for Mac 2.
Link via PC World
 Adobe Acrobat is a multitalented business application. You can use it to lock down electronic documents, create press-ready color pages, or produce form-laden documents that feed data to a database. But judging from the beta I tried of Adobe Acrobat X Pro ($449 when released in fourth quarter 2010), the latest iteration will be much more Web-aware, and it will be able to bring new life to formerly staid, static electronic documents.
Acrobat X Pro strikes me as a substantial upgrade. With Adobe software, such upgrades often involve a substantial learning curve–but in this case, Adobe has done well in making its upgrades more accessible to the nonprogrammers among us.
Acrobat X Pro Education/Non-profit Edition is available for pre-order for $159
Acrobat X Professional Student & Teacher Edition is available for pre-order for $119
 HDR Efex Pro
Educational Discount Price $79.99
HDR Efex Pro is the first high dynamic range imaging tool that delivers the full gamut of photographic possibilities, from artistic to realistic HDR images. Complete all-in-one HDR imaging toolkit. U Point based selective tools for fast, precise localized enhancements of contrast, shadow, structure and saturation adjustments and fine-tuning for a completely finished look.
 Toon Boom Studio 6
Educational Discount Price $149 boxed / $136 download
This new version of Toon Boom Studio expands its animation capabilities even further with its bone rigging features. Studio 6 serves as the most complete launch pad for learning and creating animation, whether at home or in the classroom.
 FileMaker Pro 11 on sale for $139!
$40 off normal academic price of $179.
Offer good through 9/30/2010.
 Attention all Students, Teachers, Researchers and Self Learners!
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Thursday, September 23rd
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PersonalBrain is available at an educational discount price of PersonalBrain 5.5 Core $89 and PersonalBrain 5.5 Pro $179.
 Introducing Sorenson Squeeze 6.5, a free upgrade for every Squeeze 6 user. From Sorenson: We think Squeeze is the best video encoding and workflow solution on the market, but we know that there is always room for improvement and that is why we are releasing Squeeze 6.5. We’ve spent the last few months gathering feedback, enhancing overall speed and stability and adding features that you told us were important to you.
Squeeze 6 users can download their free upgrade to Squeeze 6.5.
New Enhancements in Squeeze 6.5
• Additional decoding and video import options – including AVCHD
• New and enhanced filters including faster Deinterlacing and pre-processing, Image Rotation and an Optimized Color Converter
• New publishing destination – Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Major stability enhancements – including 36 bug fixes
Sorenson Squeeze 6.5
On sale for $539! $180 off normal academic price of $719.
Offer good through 9/30/2010.
Sorenson Squeeze 6.5 for Flash
On sale for $337! $112 off normal academic price of $449.
Offer good through 9/30/2010.
Link via NYTimes.com
Alibre, Autodesk, and Google SketchUp software mentioned in this article on how lower-cost 3-D printing spurs innovation:
 A wealth of design software programs, from free applications to the more sophisticated offerings of companies including Alibre and Autodesk, allows a person to concoct a product at home, then send the design to a company like Shapeways, which will print it and mail it back…
The 3-D printing wave has caught the attention of some of the world’s biggest technology companies. Hewlett-Packard, the largest paper-printer maker, has started reselling 3-D printing machines made by Stratasys. And Google uses the CADspan software from LGM to help people using its SketchUp design software turn their creations into 3-D printable objects.
Alibre, Autodesk, and Google SketchUp software are available at an educational discount price from Creation Engine.
Creation Engine is closed on Monday, September 6th, in observance of the Labor Day Holiday.
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