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Autodesk announces Ignite Platform for ‘Young Learners’

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 17, 2015

Project Ignite hopes to inspire and educate young learners in all the latest creative technologies Autodesk has launched Project Ignite,…

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National Women in Engineering Day – Get involved today

Posted by Stephen Holmes - June 23, 2015

Get involved with National Women in Engineering Day! Today is National Women in Engineering Day (NWED) where we continues to…

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zSpace unveils all-in-one VR desktop for Education

Posted by Greg Corke - July 1, 2015

zSpace has released an all-in-one desktop virtual reality solution specifically designed for education. The appropriately named zSpace for Education is…

Product Design

Design technology ain’t what it used to be. Or is it?

Posted by Al Dean - September 7, 2015

With his lad off to secondary school and soon to be studying Product Design, Al Dean has been feeling nostalgic.…

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Schools are back, but what can you do to help future designers and engineers?

Posted by Stephen Holmes - September 14, 2015

The need for inspiring Design and Technology teachers has never been higher With the schools back some pupils will be…

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PTC Academic Program delivers open online courses for IoT learning

Posted by Stephen Holmes - February 24, 2016

The latest PTC Academic Program resources can deliver learning about different aspects of the IoT anywhere in the world PTC…

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Does the future of 3D printing begin in the classroom?

Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 1, 2016

3D printing is being adopted into education faster than most would think With design and engineering at the highest level…

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“Engineers are ‘rocks stars’ – without them we’d still be living in

Posted by Stephen Holmes - March 16, 2016

“We seem to have grown more reticent about being evangelists for science and engineering” – Prof Brian Cox backs the…

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Aquarium teams up with school kids to design a prosthetic for a penguin

Posted by Stephen Holmes - July 19, 2016

//giphy.com/embed/12N27KcZ9TjseQ Middle school students from Mystic Middle School, Connecticut, US, have helped to create a 3D printed orthotic boot for…