Tanya Weaver, Author at DEVELOP3D

Researchers at the University of Manchester discover inkjet printable 2D material inks

Posted by Tanya Weaver - January 30, 2017

By combining graphene with other 2D materials, new materials are being created for applications that were once thought to be science fiction We’ve all heard about graphene – the world’s…

Launch of the British Design Fund to back product designers

Posted by Tanya Weaver - January 31, 2017

The British Design Fund has launched to invest in and support early stage UK product design and manufacturing companies. Founded by ex-Design Council CEO John Mathers and design entrepreneur Damon…

Hexagon MI launches latest edition of its measurement software

Posted by Tanya Weaver - February 1, 2017

PC-DMIS 2017 R1 lays groundwork for a more focused user experience and improved workflows Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence has launched PC-DMIS 2017 R1 – a dimensional measurement software package for coordinate…

Line-us – a little robot drawing arm that copies your doodles

Posted by Tanya Weaver - February 1, 2017

Line-us is a small internet-connected robot arm that draws onto paper whatever you draw on screen With the onslaught of technology we rarely sketch on paper these days. It’s far…

HWTrek simplifies hardware creation with new cloud-based collaboration tools

Posted by Tanya Weaver - February 3, 2017

HWTrek provides online planning and team collaboration tools to aid and simplify the product development process HWTrek has announced an update to its platform that adds cloud-based collaboration features to…

McLaren unveils plans for a new carbon fibre chassis production plant in Sheffield

Posted by Tanya Weaver - February 13, 2017

McLaren Automotive to open purpose-built production facility next to the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) Since 1981, McLaren has not built a car without a carbon fibre…

3D Systems unveils Figure 4 for speedy mass production of plastic parts

Posted by Tanya Weaver - March 20, 2017

Figure 4 is a fully automated, high-volume 16-print engine production solution 3D Systems has announced Figure 4, which it claims is the industry’s first modular, scalable and fully-integrated additive manufacturing…

Launch of International Women in Engineering Day

Posted by Tanya Weaver - March 21, 2017

For its fourth year, NWED is becoming the International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) and will take place on 23 June with the campaign theme ‘Men as Allies’. Set up in 2014 to celebrate the…

New challenge calls on designers to combat climate change

Posted by Tanya Weaver - June 2, 2017

Amsterdam-based design platform What Design Can Do, along with the IKEA Foundation and the Autodesk Foundation, have announced a new global design competition calling on designers and creative entrepreneurs to…

XYZprinting partners with HTC VIVE to enable users to design 3D models in VR

Posted by Tanya Weaver - June 2, 2017

A new partnership between XYZprinting and the developer of the VIVE virtual reality (VR) headset will see XYZprinting’s 3D scanners and printers become compatible with HTC VIVE’s VR devices with…