Stephen Holmes, Author at DEVELOP3D

Modo gets V-Ray rendering ability

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 12, 2014

Vray integration is available for The Foundry’s products for the first time In response to what The Foundry is billing as “artist and designer demands”, Chaos Group and The Foundry…

Consumer 3D printing filament no longer a specialist consumable

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 13, 2014

From data storage to spools of plastic, Verbatim is looking to become a consumables provider for the 3D printing market If you’ve a little desktop 3D printer chugging away nearby,…

What you’d rather be designing: Car makers and wristwatches

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 13, 2014

Ford’s timepiece is a sporty yet understated number, with design input from the European design team Even designers at top tier companies long to try their hand at another industry,…

Hyve-3D provides a new immersive interface for 3D content creation

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 13, 2014

A new world of immersive 3D sketching and collaboration in the Hyve-3D Hyve-3D is an interesting new project to come out of the University of Montreal, allowing 3D content creation…

3D printing pens – CreoPop offers an SLA printer in your pocket with range of functional ‘inks’

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 14, 2014

The CreoPop 3D pen ‘draws’ in photo curable resin, allowing you to sketch in 3D much quicker than the previous generation of ABS-melting pens Till now 3D printing ‘pens’ have…

Scribble Pen – scan any colour and reproduce it physically or digitally in seconds

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 14, 2014

The Scribble Pen cad scan colours from physical or digital objects, storing it on its inbuilt memory In more hi-tech pen news today we’re excited to about the Scribble colour…

TechShop offers up 50 lifetime memberships

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 14, 2014

Is Barry about to sign up Michelle and the kids? TechShop, a concept that we know and love, is offering our dear cousins across the Atlantic the chance to sign…

3D Systems buys into manufacturing for aerospace

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 15, 2014

American Precision Prototyping co-founder Jason Dickman shows the ability to prototype cockpit equipment using 3D printing 3D Systems has bought yet another diverse manufacturing services bureau, this time giving it…

MakersCAFE gets launch in hipster heart of Shoreditch

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 15, 2014

Makers will get their very own coffee bar in the middle of London RazorLAB, an online laser cutting service, is opening its long dreamed of MakersCAFE in London’s hipster heartland:…

New knees – using a 3D printer to create bespoke ‘living’ joint cartilage

Posted by Stephen Holmes - August 15, 2014

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is developing organic 3D printed cartilage using an EnvisionTEC Perfactory machine That collective groan of relief you can hear is of the thousands…