Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

Reebok’s ‘Liquid Factory’ to transform shoe design and manufacture

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 24, 2016

//giphy.com/embed/TT6GjccMpTSGA The race to ditch moulds and adopt more freedom for shoe outsoles has seen Reebok take the lead, as it looks to open a ‘Liquid Factory’ in Rhode Island,…

ZTE brings crowdsourcing into its phone design process with Project CSX

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 25, 2016

The winning ZTE USA concept for Project CSX With smartphone manufacturers coming under fire in 2016 for their design changes (headphone jacks anyone?), ZTE USA has gone to its community…

How much value does a colour add?

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 25, 2016

Would an exclusive rose gold finish make you more likely to buy this private jet? Last year we stumbled across what we believed to be the ultimate crowdfunding project, the…

Competition to design Scotland’s Baby Box opened by V&A Dundee Museum

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 25, 2016

The Scottish Government and V&A Dundee museum have launched the competition to design a baby box to be given to all newborn children A competition to design a box of…

Stray light and photoluminescence handled in latest Zemax OpticStudio release

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 26, 2016

//giphy.com/embed/SFhAFmZxzikZG Zemax OpticStudio 16.5 comes prepared with a list of new upgrades to make the optical and illumination design software more functional and wider reaching. New stray light analysis tools…

London’s phone boxes to be replaced with super fast free WiFi obelisks

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 26, 2016

The look of London’s streets is set to change as BT rolls out its Link wifi kiosks London’s street furniture will take a turn to the future as unloved phone…

Thousands of IoT products recalled in wake of cyber attacks, bringing ramifications for designers

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 26, 2016

Chinese manufacturer Hangzhou Xiongmai Technology Co Up has recalled nearly 10,000 webcams in the aftermath of a cyber attack that blocked access last week to some of the world’s biggest…

Formlabs launch four new ‘engineering materials’

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 27, 2016

//giphy.com/embed/iby2Jd6UNobLy The in-house materials development team at Formlabs has released the company’s new line of resins, set to simulate real world engineering grade properties with four new materials. Durable, Tough,…

GE dream deal for metals 3D printing might not take off after all [updated]

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 27, 2016

GE believes it has enough options to advance its 3D printing capabilities should the takeover of SLM Solutions fail In an interview with Reuters, General Electric has warned it can…

New E-Cool Toolset in STAR-CCM+ enables improved thermal insight of electronics systems

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 27, 2016

New E-Cool ability can aid simulation for effective heat dispersal from electronic components Siemens PLM has released STAR-CCM+ v11.06, the first to align with Siemens’ Smart Innovation Portfolio, and introducing…