Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

The Beast – a four-extruder synchronous build FDM 3D Printer

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 20, 2015

Four heads are better than one… Having seen banks of desktop FDM 3D printers building multiple models of the same thing, it’s rather surprising Cultivate3D’s effort is the first multi-extruder…

Google bids big on Carbon3D action

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 21, 2015

A $100M investment by Google Ventures adds to the excitement, and expectation, of Carbon3Ds eventual 3D printer launch $100 million can buy you a lot of things: private jets, super…

Critical Mass puts a motion controlled wah wah pedal into a pair of Converse

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 21, 2015

A rock icon itself, Critical Mass took the design a step further and added in rock’n’roll hardware Challenged by Converse to come up with something creative from a pair of…

The motion-powered running light that goes against planned obsolescence

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 24, 2015

The small. battery-less, clip-on light makes runners visible to potential hazards There’s a giant selection of running gear out there for the dedicated pavement pounder willing to get up at…

Brilliant barbecue design for home and away

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 26, 2015

bahí&güell’s Caliu barbecue features an innovative coal lighting system to produce even heat ever time Caliu is a table-top barbecue designed for your garden or on your terrace, with a…

Pro Tips: Visualisation

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 26, 2015

Pro tips for keeping your visualisation game strong from Skullcandy's Advanced Concept Design rendering team

Details for AMUG 2016 ST Louis announced

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 27, 2015

The Additive Manufacturing Users Group has announced its next AMUG Education and Training Conference will be held in St. Louis, Missouri, on 3 – 7 April 2016. A key event…

Animal powered appliances?

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 27, 2015

Turnspit dogs ran in wheels to rotate cooking spits over fires. Notice the cat doing bugger all to help mankind… Typical… Yesterday in the UK was National Dogs Day –…

3D Hubs opens recycling centres for failed 3D prints

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 9, 2015

Failed 3D prints like this can now be recycled at a 3D Hubs centre | image: @cloelkes “As the biggest network for 3D printing we’re most likely also the biggest…

Electric vehicles

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 9, 2015

Stephen Holmes takes a look at innovative vehicles with ambitions to overtake their gas-guzzling counterparts