Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

Emissions cutting wall tile aims to purify air with nature

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 2, 2016

Tackling air pollution filtering into the workplace, Jack Johnson has designed a low-maintenance natural moss wall tile to absorb toxins As cities become more congested, and more people start to…

Badass remote control lawnmower designed to cut grass while clinging to slopes

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 2, 2016

//giphy.com/embed/oLb9HGszqpYQ0 Trundling into summer (if you count torrential rain, flooding and all-out gloom as summer) you might be considering getting out the lawn mower to tart up the garden in…

Marvell launches IoT application processors for prototyping and end products

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 2, 2016

Marvell has launched new processor chips to power IoT applications A family of IoT application processors forms the latest products from Marvell, as it targets bringing the next wave of…

Dassault dons dispatch drivers hat, with new Ortems acquisition

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 2, 2016

Ortems looks set to join the family of Delmia solutions Dassault Systèmes has announced its latest acquisition of Ortems, a provider of production scheduling and dispatch software, to add to…

First Look: Artec Studio 11 – automation added to 3D scan post processing

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 3, 2016

Artec suggests that its Autopilot mode deletes any unwanted captured data and auto aligns the scans with one click Billed as ‘autopilot post processing functionality’, Artec’s Studio 11 software for…

Siemens UK deploys new VR set-up for digital factory reviews

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 3, 2016

The new ActiveWall allows teams of over 10 to review designs Siemens UK has installed a Virtalis Virtual Reality (VR) system and software in its Congleton, Cheshire, factory as part…

Insight into how Zaha Hadid and Patrick Schumacher designed their 3D printed chair

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 3, 2016

//giphy.com/embed/AJsx70S4D9CWQ In time for the Zaha Hadid retrospective, a 10 room showcase of the late designer’s work running as part of the Venice Biennial celebrations, Stratasys has unveiled some of…

Simsolid adds direct data integration for SolidWorks

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 6, 2016

//giphy.com/embed/I76uor5DckUO4 Thanks to a new partnership, Simsolid users are now able to directly access and analyse fully featured SolidWorks geometry for simulation without meshing, thanks to direct data integration. Every…

First Look: MSC Nastran + Patran 2016 – faster multidisciplinary analysis

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 6, 2016

MSC Nastran 2016 uses Shared Memory Parallel computing for faster performance MSC has launched its 2016 versions of Nastran and Patran, promising improved performance and speed improvements, across both products.…

Air conditioning goes green with space engineering

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 6, 2016

Helioclim’s solar collector for their zero-emission air-conditioning system turns to follow the Sun The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that four of its space engineers have created a ‘zero-emissions’…