Making stuff: Lost-wax casting
The GemVision Revo540CX can produce super high detail wax parts for lost-wax casting in the jewellery industry In a week where we’ve been chatting a lot in the office about…
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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.
Muppets: Propshop use LightWave and 3D printing for car to catch Kermit
The Interpol car from Muppets Most Wanted evolved as the team from Propshop worked with the Muppet’s art team Special effects is a wonderfully diverse industry, where else could you…
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Inspiration: IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards shortlist
This year’s YWE shortlist: (L-R) Vidhyalakshmi Karthikeyan, Jessica Bestwick, Holly Driver, Nicola Combe, Laurie-Ann Marshall, Lucy Ackland, Naomi Mitchison, Hannah Stanbury and Hannah Pearlman Five young female engineers have been…
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Capture and integrate: Autodesk’s ReCap Pro looks to clean up 3D scanning
ReCap Pro can create improved accuracy reports based on commonly-used registration targets, like checkerboards and spheres, to get the best accuracy The new version of Autodesk ReCap Pro is heading…
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Mcor reinforces its offerings for those wanting accurate colour 3D printing
The Mcor Iris machine has enhancements that now see sharper colours, usage of 10 per cent less ink, and accredited screen to model colour accuracy Mcor has further increased the…
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Winner of Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering’s ‘Create the Trophy’ competitio
Euan Fairholm of Edinburgh produced the 2014 winning design for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Euan Fairholm from Edinburgh has won the 2014 ‘Create the Trophy’ competition, beating hundreds…
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Information Age: Science Museum launches exhibition of ‘Six Networks That Changed Our World’
The face of communication has changed through amazing design and engineering – something that the Science Museum is showcasing in its new exhibit, Information Age This October the London Science…
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Voxeljet buy UK special effects company Propshop
Propshop printed one-third scale Aston Martin DB5s for Skyfall on a Voxeljet 3D printer German large-format 3D printing company Voxeljet has announced today that it is to buy special effects…
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3D printing optics process poised to take on injection moulding
The new ‘LUX-Opticlear’ material means that the process might ready to compete with injection moulding A revolutionary method and new clear polymer for making optical components using 3D printing is…
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On the road: Everything seems a bit MadMax as tech goes cross country
The Stratasys 2014 Roadtrip sets off later this month How do you get your software or hardware into the hearts and minds of respectable US designers and engineers? The answer…
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