Teach Yourself: Autodesk Inventor Surfacing Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 3, 2014 Teach yourself surface modelling in Autodesk Inventor with this video tutorial Surface modelling is usually done in Rhino or Alias,…
Young designers battle to create Queen Elizabeth Prize trophy Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 11, 2014 17-year-old Joseph Waggott’s entry makes the shortlist for the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering’s ‘Create the Trophy’ Competition Nine young…
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…
Power of heritage: Goodwood Revival a showcase of the design and engineering prowess of yesteryear Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 15, 2014 One of only 7 in the world, this road version of the legendary Ford GT40 Le Mans car was our…
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…
3D printing issues and challenges: Material costs Posted by DEVELOP3D - September 22, 2014 In the first of his comment pieces on 3D printing issues and challenges, Jeremy Pullin delves into the murky waters…
Cyborgs: Birmingham festival will conclude with Cyborg Foundation presentation Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 23, 2014 ‘Cyborg’ Neil Harbisson will be talking about the technology implanted into his head that allows him to sense colour Spoiler…
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…