Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

The Mcor ARKe 3D printer gets upgrades that push its models to 2 million colours

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 22, 2016

The Mcor ARKe has been boosted to ‘photorealistic’ levels of colour Since its launch in January, the Mcor ARKe has had its engineers squirrelling away on upgrades for the machine…

Edward Snowden turns product designer with untrackable iPhone

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 25, 2016

While we all know the name Edward Snowden as a US whistleblower who disclosed some shady surveillance practises, the former CIA man is also knows his way around tech, and…

Gillette partners with 3D Hubs and Makers Cafe for sharp new competition

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 27, 2016

It’s the design degree staple – redesign the razor – that even secondary school kids are honing their skills on, so what better a subject to get people competing over…

Ferrari’s Next Generation platform implements ‘organic design’ by using optimisation technology

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 27, 2016

The Ferrari ‘Next Generation’ platform will have gone though the C123 optimisation process, similar to this model, halfway through the process – displaying optimum sizing of sections joints using low…

Liquid luxury

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 28, 2016

For its bathroom fixtures and fittings, Grohe's considered design style is matched by its scrupulous attention to function. Stephen Holmes visited the company's German base to explore the future of…

Nvidia unveils first ‘Pascal’ Quadro GPUs

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 28, 2016

The new Nvidia Quadro P6000 Nvidia has launched two new high-end GPUs based on its new generation Pascal architecture. The Quadro P5000 and Quadro P6000 are designed predominantly for Virtual…

Future framework

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 3, 2016

With a passion for mountain biking, Robot Bike Company is setting out to produce the most technically advanced bikes to go wild on the trails, Stephen Holmes meets the team

Future response

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 11, 2016

With a rich heritage, CDP has been priming itself for prospective projects. Stephen Holmes visited design agency's new purpose built HQ to chat about recent projects including a new healthcare…

Sorting though diamonds, 8 per second

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 11, 2016

The traditional methods look nice in marketing material, but in reality it’s a machine doing the sorting While De Beers is the world leader in diamond exploration, mining, processing and…

PTC Releases Vuforia v6 for Augmented Reality

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 16, 2016

Vuforia allows designers to place ‘VuMarks’ onto products, which can be customised to a familiar brand graphic, but when used with an AR-enabled device, bring up an experience, such as…