Al Dean

Al Dean is formerly DEVELOP3D’s editor in chief and has been writing and talking about product development technology for the last 20 years. With a technical background in product design and engineering, he still gets excited about new ways to apply a fillet.

Where’s the Future of 3D interaction?

Posted by - July 28, 2008
3Dconnexion has just released details of research they’ve been doing into the return on investment, commercial pay back that can be gained from using its 3d motion control devices. According…
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RIP: Andrea Pininfarina

Posted by - August 7, 2008
Andrea Pininfarina with the Ferrari P4/5 Word is just hitting the wires that Andrea Pininfarina, CEO of legendary (if that word does them justice) Italian car styling and design house,…
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What have Bunkspeed got coming up next?

Posted by - August 9, 2008
First there’s a teasing press release, then there’s hints on the Bunkspeed web-site about its new animation tool, which I believe is called HyperMove.. I’m excited. Really way more excited…
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Rendering tech fires up – big style

Posted by - August 12, 2008
It seem that it isn’t enough and once again, things are hotting up in the rendering world. Last year Bunkspeed’s HyperShot rewrote the book on rendering for product design. HyperShot is…
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Wicked article on EOS DMLS

Posted by - November 4, 2008
I’m trying to work out how much designers and engineers are aware of rapid prototyping and direct manufacturing processes and stumbled across this article by the team at MindTribe’s blog.…
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