Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

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 –…

Williams F1 front wing takes shape with 3D printed prototypes

Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 6, 2017

Iterative prototype designs have been mades faster through using laser sintering Taking its designs from simulation to the track faster, and with fewer compromises, Williams F1 has developed its carbon…

Optis adds technical thermoplastics to its visualisation library

Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 6, 2017

Optis users will now be able to access a full library of Albas Plastics for accurate rendering Optis has partnered with Albis Plastics to add its range of technical thermoplastics…