Top dog

Posted by - June 23, 2017
The pet products industry is booming, but in the unregulated world of manufacture, British brand Beco is applying design thinking…

Review: Xometry.com

Posted by - June 26, 2017
Online provision of manufacturing services has grown massively in recent years. Al Dean takes a look at Xometry, which has…

Marine plastic pollution

Posted by - June 27, 2017
There could be more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050 if we don’t do anything about plastic waste.…

Put to the test

Posted by - June 30, 2017
A research project conducted collaboratively by a number of universities set out to explore the aerodynamic performance of different hill…

Prosthetic arms

Posted by - June 30, 2017
Tanya Weaver looks at three very different prosthetic arm projects from an inventor, a team of academics and a design…