Disney’s MakerFaire input more than a movie promo, it’s powering next generation of STEM Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 22, 2014 There’s more to Disney’s involvement with MakerFaire than a giant, inflatable Baymax The keen-eyed amongst you will have noticed that…
James Dyson Awards 2014: A Bee monitor is amongst the national winners Posted by Tanya Weaver - September 19, 2014 Mima is a minimal invasive monitoring assistant for apiarists, which allows for the monitoring of a hive without having to…
Autodesk: Fusion360 now available on the Apple App Store, some tips and advice Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 19, 2014 Autodesk’s Fusion 360 software is now available via the Apple App Store Launched amongst the flapping of Apple Fanboys scrambling…
Virtual reality headsets Posted by DEVELOP3D - September 18, 2014 Oculus Rift may be the biggest player in the virtual reality (VR) headset market, but here Tanya Weaver takes a…
OnShape – Open up closed testing sign up Posted by Al Dean - September 16, 2014 Shiny new web-site. Model credit to Terry Stonehecker If there’s one thing that’s keeping the 3D design tool industry’s curiousity…
New micro radio-chip could see all kinds of products connected to IoT Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 16, 2014 At only a few millimetres, radio-on-a-chip technology like this Stanford University prototype could enable trillions of devices to connect to…
SolidThinking launch the Inspire Engineering Challenge for students Posted by Tanya Weaver - September 12, 2014 solidThinking’s free-to-download (student edition) Inspire software enables design engineers to generate and explore structurally efficient concepts such as this spring…
Tebis V3.5 – latest release gets multitasking upgrade for CAM Posted by Tanya Weaver - September 12, 2014 New in Tebis V3.5 release 7 is multi-pane technology, which makes it easier for the user to switch between files…
For model makers: The devil is in the detail Posted by DEVELOP3D - September 11, 2014 Ogle Models + Prototypes is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. Tanya Weaver took a trip to its facility in…
Aerospace: Boeing upgrade with MSC for simulation demands Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 11, 2014 The new contract will mean Boeing has been using MSC software for 40 years Boeing’s use of simulation tools from…