Dr Phil is in the house! (And helping charity)
Published 14 May 2013
Posted by Stephen Holmes
One of the most exciting new technology charities we know, Techfortrade, has appointed one of our amazing DEVELOP3D Live speakers Dr Phil Reeves, managing director of Econolyst, to its board of directors.
The appointment follows techfortrade’s inaugural 3D4D Challenge at the end of last year, which aimed to find innovative uses for 3D printing technology to improve the lives of those in developing nations.
“Emerging technology such as 3D printing inevitably creates a lot of excitement. It is vital that we find ways to harness the potential to provide as much benefit to people as possible, and to create sustainable development,” said Dr Phil. “Techfortrade is committed to achieving this mission and I am honoured to be working to help drive its success.”
Customised ergonomics enabled by 3D printing
Published 14 May 2013
Posted by Stephen Holmes
Generic computer mice can often be to big or too small, and for those using them every day it can cause some crippling problems.
Pyott Design have arrived at a solution using a simple 3D print, which creates a new tactile surface for the mouse that can be easily adjusted for the best ergonomic pattern.
The design cleverly fits the standard Logitech M100 mouse - one that comes with most PC’s as standard - and is printed through Shapeways for a speck under €70.
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A WISE move to get more young women into engineering
Published 13 May 2013
Posted by Tanya Weaver
Last week two things I feel pretty strongly about converged – my passion for more female engineers and my love of the Land Rover Evoque (still my favourite car) when Zara Phillips launched the Range Rover Evoque WISE Scholarship.
This new scholarship programme from WISE (otherwise known as Women in Science and Engineering) and Land Rover will provide a £9,000 bursary to three female students or apprentices who would like to explore a career or further studies in engineering. In addition the winners will also be provided with mentoring support from both Land Rover senior engineers and WISE representatives.
It is a bit bizarre that Zara Phillips is fronting the campaign being more inclined towards equestrian activities than engineering ones, and chose the Royal Windsor Horse Show last week in which to announce the scholarship but then I guess her mom, Princess Anne, is a patron of WISE.
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Live blog - professional 3D Printing: How the big boys do it
Published 13 May 2013
Posted by Stephen Holmes
Today we’re slapping on the fake tan, vajazzling our bits and conforming to every stereotype going as we live blog from Essex.
More specifically, we’re at IPF Ltd, one of the UK’s best multi-purpose 3D printing bureau services.
Away from Essex’s more renown personalities (for any international readers, think along the lines of MTV’s Jersey Shore), this company has been 3D printing for the likes of F1 teams, movie props, engineering projects and action figures for over 44 years (7 years with 3D Printing).
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Make A Bot Competition - The winners!
Published 10 May 2013
Posted by Stephen Holmes
Finally we can unveil to you the winner of our Make A Bot competition, in which hundreds of you sent in your robot designs in order to win the amazing prize of a MakerBot Replicator 2 3D printer!
Chosen by Legacy Effects lead systems engineer Jason Lopes, DEVELOP3D editor in chief Al Dean, and MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis: The winner is…
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Affordable custom prosthetic hand design enabled - over 10,000 miles - using desktop 3D printing
Published 09 May 2013
Posted by Stephen Holmes
3D printing not only helped the collaboration of this design over 10,000 miles, but proved a cheap production method
A mechanical 3D printed hand, designed and produced using a MakerBot Replicator 2 desktop 3D printer has bridged 10,000 miles between Washington and Johannesburg to produce a life-changing prosthetic.
The idea for Robohand was originally conceived by South African Richard Van As to replace four severed fingers that he lost in a woodworking accident in 2011.
Struggling to find a cost-effective means of creating substitute fingers - prosthetics made specifically for him, could cost upward of $10,000 per finger - he contacted Ivan Owen, a US-based theatrical prop designer specialising in hands.
The two collaborated to create a design for working fingers that could be inexpensively built, taking advantage of the ability to share files online and 3D print the parts for different iterations, and making the design open source for cheap local production for adults and children alike.
Richard Van As with the Robohand he designed using his MakerBot 3D printer
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Lamborghini’s 50th anniversary: an almost endless parade of classic design
Published 09 May 2013
Posted by Stephen Holmes
As the rain drizzles down the grey window panes of DEVELOP3D Towers, it is in a dreamlike state that images of the 50th Anniversary Grand Tour of Lamborghini present themselves.
All car fans have a favourite Lamborghini - the curves of the Miura, the hard angles of the Countach, or the rampaging energy of the latest Aventador - and seeing them parade through the sun-kissed Italian countryside has transformed me into a quivering wreck. I want sunshine. I want Lamborghini.
Few car manufacturers have been so exotic in the way its cars are designed, with each generation transforming to new exuberant forms and boisterous performance.
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