Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

UK’s national standard for engineering drawings is now all BS 8888:2017

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 15, 2017

The BSI aims to stick a small rocket up the UK industry to move it over more fully to the ISO system of geometrical product specification BSI, the British standards…

Iterative design for humanoid robots gets backing from EOS’ 3D printing expertise

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 15, 2017

Humanoid robots can also impact the design of prosthetics and exoskeletons for humans A project between robotics experts Devanthro and the Technical University of Munich is aiming to advance the…

IOT start-ups awarded prizes to solve challenges of city living

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 17, 2017

Things Connected is looking to develop IoT devices to solve city challenges ranging from flooding, to air pollution, to helping the NHS make better use of its buildings Six SME’s…

SolidThinking launches Envision 4.0, its latest tool for IoT data analytics

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 17, 2017

Envision 4.0, the newest feature release of SolidThinking’s data analytics platform, has been described by the company as ‘feature-rich across the board’, making it ‘more capable, refined and easy to…

Alongside home and work, IoT connectivity is turning the car into the third living space

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 21, 2017

The interior of Bosch’s concept of the future showcases how IoT connectivity is set to transport car interior design According to global products giant Bosch, the global market for connected…

Browser-based 3D machine builder platform from Vention looks to democratise design

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 22, 2017

The infrastructure is entirely cloud-based, enabling Vention to implement real-time collaboration features A beta version of Vention.io’s browser-based 3D machine builder platform has been launched, claiming that with its use…

ShapeID, a new shape code so condensed that it can fit within QR and RFID markers

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 22, 2017

ShapeID is extracted based on the geometry and then embedded into a QR label or a RFID to be scanned for triggering a shape search iSEEK Corp has announced a…

Substance Designer 6 promises ready-to-use tiling materials for render, straight from 4 phone snaps

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 24, 2017

Substance Designer 6 from Allegorithmic comes fitted with with new filters to help build a complete workflow for creating clean, ready-to-use tiling materials adapted to photogrammetry rendering. New Scan Processing…

Materialise joins Manufacturing Technology Centre’s list of technology partners

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 28, 2017

MTC additive manufacturing operations manager Chris Ryall and Materialise executive vice president Bart Van der Schueren awkwardly pose with some 3D printed parts Materialise is bringing its years of expertise…

Raspberry Pi Zero W should have your prototypes connected in no time

Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 1, 2017

Ain’t she a beaut? The $10 Raspberry Pi Zero W On its fifth birthday Raspberry Pi has brought into the world the latest version of its ‘general purpose’ computer –…