Metals 3D printing: Aussie start-up offering sub £3k printer that can build in 20 metals Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 24, 2014 Billed as a ‘consumer grade’ metals 3D printer, the S1 can be supported on Kickstarter Australian start-up Aurora are promising…
Making stuff: Lost-wax casting Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 26, 2014 The GemVision Revo540CX can produce super high detail wax parts for lost-wax casting in the jewellery industry In a week…
Inspiration: IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year Awards shortlist Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 29, 2014 This year’s YWE shortlist: (L-R) Vidhyalakshmi Karthikeyan, Jessica Bestwick, Holly Driver, Nicola Combe, Laurie-Ann Marshall, Lucy Ackland, Naomi Mitchison, Hannah…
Winner of Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering’s ‘Create the Trophy’ competitio Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 2, 2014 Euan Fairholm of Edinburgh produced the 2014 winning design for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Euan Fairholm from Edinburgh…
Information Age: Science Museum launches exhibition of ‘Six Networks That Changed Our World’ Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 2, 2014 The face of communication has changed through amazing design and engineering – something that the Science Museum is showcasing in…
3D printing optics process poised to take on injection moulding Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 3, 2014 The new ‘LUX-Opticlear’ material means that the process might ready to compete with injection moulding A revolutionary method and new…
Competition: Reinvent the wheel – Win trip to Cologne to meet Ford’s design team Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 3, 2014 Reinvent the steering wheel for Ford and win a once in a lifetime trip to Cologne to meet its design…
Transport: London’s new Crossrail passenger trains to be designed by Barber & Osgerby Posted by Stephen Holmes - October 3, 2014 The interior, exterior and livery for the trains are to be created by London design studio Barber & Osgerby The…
SSDs: PCIE vs SATA Posted by DEVELOP3D - October 21, 2014 PCIe Solid State Drive (SSDs) are certainly grabbing the headlines but what is the reality for users of CAD/CAM/CAE software?…
Tebis 3.5 for design Posted by DEVELOP3D - October 21, 2014 Tebis is rare amongst software applications for design, doing things that more mainstream offerings simply do not. Al Dean investigates…