Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

Solar car race hotting up with UK’s first school entry

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 9, 2012

The Veolia Solar Car Challenge, taking place in 2015, will see a group of school kids from Ardingly College, Sussex, building and racing a solar-powered car 3,000km across Australia. It’s…

The ultimate driving simulator for Christmas?

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 20, 2012

For anyone looking to pick up an accurate driving game simulator as part of their festive wishlist, this might be the closest you can get to the real thing. 3D…

3D Systems hits out at Formlabs over patents

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 21, 2012

Despite having made it to production, both Formlabs and Kickstarter face a law suit from 3D Systems 3D Systems has announced that it has brought an intellectual property law suit…

F1 car parts getting the best from 3D printing technology

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 26, 2012

A F1 car safety hoop/air intake produced in titanium using 3D printing – saving 2kg of weight As the highest point on an F1 car the roll-hoop/air intake is an…

Objet launch new large format 3D printer – the Objet1000

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 27, 2012

Taking its scalable 3D printing technology to the next level, Objet has launched the Objet1000 with a 1000 x 800 x 500 mm build envelope, while maintaining its ability for…

The X line 1000R – huge SLM machine for 3D printing metals

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 27, 2012

The real thing looks less crappy than this render, and a lot bigger Having already seen the launch of the large build Objet1000 at Euromold, Concept Laser has launched the…

3D printing makes Will.i.am’s new music video [watch with the volume off]

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 30, 2012

I don’t know how to approach this without it sounding like my bitter, disgruntled, hangover-ridden self, but the good news is 3D printing is in a music video in the…

Mcor’s paper cuts the need for resins

Posted by Stephen Holmes - November 30, 2012

What instantly sets Mcor’s machines apart from other printers* is that they don’t build models using resins or plastics, but standard A4 paper. Effectively a large robotic cutter, adding a…

Upgrade for Eplan electrical engineering software

Posted by Stephen Holmes - December 4, 2012

Eplan has launched its new 2.2 version of the Eplan CAE tools designed for electrical engineers adding functional extensions and innovative additional modules. With uses in material planning, design, manufacture,…

My new Ford… kind of

Posted by Stephen Holmes - December 5, 2012

Those nice people at Ford have been at it again, showing off their design and engineering prowess with the launch of its new Fiesta. Apart from letting us loose around…