Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

Olympic light show – the biggest pixel screen and more

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 13, 2012

Despite some questionable musical performances, interpretive dance, and George Michael singing ‘Freedom’ to a group of North Korean athletes about to head back home, the most impressive thing about last…

I was blind, but now… I have infrared detection…

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 15, 2012

The traditional ‘white cane’ favoured by the visually impaired has a number of serious drawbacks, in that it can only inform its user of very immediate obstacles and dangers. The…

How to land on Mars: Curiosity’s ‘7 minutes of terror’

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 17, 2012

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ISmWAyQxqqs%3Frel%3D0 Frankly I’d have employed David Bowie, he knows a thing or two about Mars, but NASA like to do things differently when assessing the above challenge – impressive no?…

2012 Paralympics: Superhuman talents mixed with some tricked-out engineering

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 30, 2012

A hero of the Olympics, South Africa’s Oscar Pistorious is now looking to light up the Olympic stadium for the 2012 Paralympics In case you’re living under a rock, in…

New website to encourage 12 – 18 year-olds in to exciting engineering

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 10, 2012

Encouraging the next generation into the world of design and engineering is of the upmost importance as far as we’re concerned, which is why we’re happy to see the launch…

What would go in your design time capsule?

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 18, 2012

In the midst of London’s week as design capital of the world – London Design Festival (product and graphic), London Fashion Week and Open House for architecture buffs – the…

TCT Live 2012: Makers & Hobbyists guide

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 20, 2012

This year's event has more than ever for those looking to take their first steps into 3D printing - whether they're hobbyists, hackers, makers or modders. Stephen Holmes takes you…

MakerBot takes over Manhattan as new Replicator gets public profile push

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 24, 2012

With an array of plastics and machines to buy over the counter, MakerBot continues to push 3D printing into the public domain. Image: Scott Beale / Laughing Squid With magazine…

IP firm jump into bed with Hyphen Design to assist its product development services

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 1, 2012

International intellectual property (IP) group Marks & Clerk has announced a strategic alliance with the product design and development consultancy Hyphen Design to offer product development services to UK and…

Wiki Weapons shot down by Stratasys – but that’s not the end of the battle

Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 3, 2012

Click the image to view the full Stratasys letter to Defense Distributed As has been pointed out elsewhere across the world of internet chatter, Defense Distributed – a group of…