Here be dragons!
The combination of SLS 3D printing and traditional techniques was the magic spell that brought dragons home to the Great Pagoda in London's Kew Gardens. Stephen Holmes reports
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Stephen Holmes
As Editor-in-Chief, Stephen’s role covers the online space and the magazines. A mix of interviewing designers for in-depth features, and hunting for the latest industry news keeps him busy. If you have a story, get in touch.
Netfabb 2019 adds powerful updates for simulation and latticing
Autodesk Netfabb 2019 adds more updates to its most powerful tools The latest release of Autodesk’s 3D printing-focussed software Netfabb has added updates to two of its most powerful features:…
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Automotive industry sheds weight for amazing Altair Enlighten Awards
The 2019 Chevrolet Silverado is over 200kg lighter than its predecessor thanks to some thoughtful design and engineering that have also garnered this ‘slimmer of the year’ with a trophy…
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Other Reading // Goodyear celebrates 120 years with vision of the future
Click on the image to see more detail To mark its 120th anniversary, Goodyear has collaborated with artist Edward Carvalho-Monaghan, renowned for his bright, block colour illustrations, to bring together…
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New AI platform launched to detect ‘3D printed gun’ designs
Flagg3D is a platform designed to detect and flag unsuitable and prohibited 3D content on sites, platforms, networks and databases, powered by proprietary shape recognition technology A new AI tool,…
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Tailored Fibre Placement poses new options for designers
ZSK expects its new Tailored Fibre Placement to increase the use of composites in industry verticals such as automotive German supplier ZSK has launched a series of innovations for Tailored…
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Yxlon adds newly developed line detector to its CT scanner range
The Yxlon CT Compact computer tomography system will now be equipped with a newly developed line detector Yxlon CTScan 3 as a standard component. The CT Compact system is a…
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Boeing investment adds to interest in Digital Alloys metals 3D Printing
https://giphy.com/embed/11Bz1MjAJr4mfUGzPr Branding itself as ‘the fastest way to make the hardest parts’, Digital Alloys has stepped into the spotlight with its metals Joule Printing technology, backed by Boeing HorizonX Ventures.…
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WATCH // Record breaking ‘Great Ball Contraption’ build
https://youtube.com/watch?v=8TlNdNuyQ38%3Frel%3D0%26controls%3D0%26showinfo%3D0 This record-breaking ball contraption, made up of a staggering 259 individual modules, is so big it takes 40 minutes for a ball to pass all the way through –…
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Upgraded WorldViz VR dev platform adds support for new peripherals, Windows MR headsets and avatars
https://giphy.com/embed/j0P0AbyukgDsSN5uUy Vizard 6, WorldViz’s latest version of its Python-based VR development platform has launched with a focus on three key areas for enterprise uses. New third-party VR headset and peripheral…
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