Featured in Domain Arrivals · 2026-08-15
Prime Motion Puts CAD/CAM at the CNC Machine
An Android tablet app that combines NURBS design, CAM toolpaths, probing, mesh leveling, and G-code control for Grbl and grblHAL machines.
Why it surfacedPrime Motion targets a very specific shop-floor problem: moving from sketch to spindle without exporting files or carrying G-code on a USB stick. Its unusually complete workflow includes 14 CAM operations, guided probing, warped-stock compensation, and offline operation for up to 10 days.
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The Two-Tonne Temperature Problem
August 15’s newborn domains include a live-aboard hydrogen airship with a two-tonne lift problem, a Japanese toolbox that explains its assumptions, an advisory-by-advisory Hawaiʻi hurricane archive, and a wedding-gift game about ungrateful poultry.
This is one of 1,000 discoveries in the 2026-08-15 Domain Arrivals issue.