The Thatch Bug.

Tags: Nick Thatcher, Thatch Industries, HTC One, Thatch Bug, HTC meetup

Date: 14 December 2014 20:48:09

I've mentioned Mr Nick Thatcher before. If the two of use make an occasional double act then I'm definitely the Watson to his Holmes as he, far more than I, is a bit of a genius. A couple of weeks ago I booked two tickets to an HTC gathering (more on which later) and Nick and I had one of our occasional meet ups to discuss plans. I said I'd love a snap on clip for my trusty new One M8 and he said he'd see what he could do, as long as I was aware that he'd be out of action for one of the weeks we had before the day with work in Amsterdam. As it was he made this... A very cool 3d printed shield and lens system for the phone: ((ahem. I'll tell you what it looks like later :) )). In fact he made four of them... ((also more of which later)). It allowed me to take pictures like this:

...on the train going to the venue and these pics:

...in the venue. Lovely stuff. We gave away the hair band lenses (and I hope we see some very cool images form them in the future) and I've got the shield clip lens so that I can play with it some more over Christmas. The plan is, possibly, to make a limited run for sale in the new year. We'll see, but certainly the vibe was pretty strong on the night... But again, here's to Nick, who makes these cool things happen even when he has a bucket load of other things to be doing... You can catch up with his awesome inventions here. If next year pans out the way I think it might remember you (possibly) heard it here first...