DEVELOP3D is a print and online resource covering the latest trends and essential element of the product development process. We have teamed up with DEVELOP3D to breathe life into an old tool: Bee Smokers. Prizes? A 3D printed prototype of your design and an nVidia Quadro 600!
Beekeeping has become very popular in the past decade, yet the tools that beekeepers use haven't changed since the late 1800s. Smokers are designed to expel smoke and chase off bees so that the beekeeper can inspect the hives or remove honey. The current design (as seen above) has a few problems. Manual bellows, user-unfriendly, inefficient smoke production, no way of adjusting the amount of smoke expelled or the direction of smoke. In other words, it's ripe for a GrabCAD redesign! Point your cursor towards the competition page for more details. The deadline is July 30th, 2012.
