Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

International Women in Engineering Day launches for 2018

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 6, 2018

Given that today strikes the mark of 100 years since women were (somewhat tentatively) given the vote in the UK, it’s fitting that The Women’s Engineering Society has announced Saturday…

Will working with an OAP help you net part of the £72bn ‘Grey Pound’ products market?

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 8, 2018

A new report from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers suggests that ‘smart homes’ for older people could save NHS and social care system over £2.5 billion a year – presenting…

Aurora’s large format metals 3D printing targets production for end of 2018

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 8, 2018

Aurora is targeting print speeds of one tonne of material deposited per day For now, Aurora is taking things slow – by its standards – with its large format metals…

Machines tools experts turns to 3D Printing for marriage of metal cutting and additive solutions

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 8, 2018

A company with over 30 years experience of developing machine tools is turning its attention to additive manufacturing as it becomes a HP 3D printing reseller. XYZ Machine Tools believes…

Britain’s origins shown through ‘Cheddar Man’ brought to life with 3D tech

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 13, 2018

The reconstruction of the Cheddar Man, a clay sculpt upon a digitally produced skull base. [credit: Tom Barnes/Channel 4] The 10,000 year old ‘Cheddar Man’, the oldest almost complete skeleton…

Discovery Live gets full commercial release from Ansys

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 13, 2018

After a five-month long technology preview, Ansys has finally launched its ‘Pervasive Engineering Simulation’ tool Discovery Live to anyone who wishes to use it Its capabilities for realtime solving of…

Snugs – Custom earphones

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 22, 2018

Custom earphones were unimaginable only a few years ago, yet thanks to a fully digital workflow, Snugs is now tapping a potential global market of over 2.5 billion people. Stephen…

Altair heats-up its interest in cooling with TES acquisition

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 22, 2018

ElectroFlo’s applications range from consumer electronics to automotive, like the Bussed Electrical Center (BEC) shown here Michigan-based TES International is the latest simulation software company to be acquired by Altair,…

Crystallon open source project helps create lattice structures in Rhino and Grasshopper

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 26, 2018

An open source lattice generation tool, Crystallon, has been developed for Rhino CAD software without the need to export to an third-party software, and has been made available for free…