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An increase in greenhouse gases, population and anthropogenic activity, urbanisation and industrialisation along with many other factors, are all putting our planet under huge pressure and constraint.

Whether you are a D&T teacher, technician or a student, why not put your brain to the test and discover how D&T savvy you really are.

Now widely accepted, the possibilities and benefits that 3D printing brings to education are well documented. Once a novelty in many classrooms and makerspaces, 3D printers are again flourishing as valuable classroom tools thanks to advanced technology, lower costs and enhanced products and services.

Kites can provide a course of work that will involve research, drawing, model making skills, followed by detailed design, manufacture and evaluation. This resource is suitable for Key Stage 2 and 3 and the complexity can be adapted through design and use of available materials.

Shropshire suppliers, WF Education Group is supporting schools to produce coronavirus face visors for NHS staff.

Technology Supplies and Demco Interiors join forces to provide specialist education spaces. Find out what this means for you.

F1 in Schools UK National Finals 2019 at Airbus. Thank you to everyone who visited our stand this week. What an excellent few days, and it was fantastic to see such a superb standard of work, passion, and drive from the UK's incredibly talented students!

We are pleased to announce that Technology Supplies has been featured as a Specialist Representative in the Parliamentary Review 2017/2018 under the Manufacturing & Services category.

Expands 3D Printer Lineup and Strengthens Integrated Solution with New Industrial-Grade Filament and Mobile App.

Here are 3 great reasons why you should attend The International STEM Conference this year: - A realm of free resources - Chance to win £250 to spend with us in our exclusive 'Flash Prize Draw' - 20% tickets Read the article to find out more...

Technology Supplies sponsored the 'Innovation and Creativity in Design and Technology' award at the DATA Excellence Awards 2018. Read more to find out who this year's winners were...

It was a fantastic few days at the F1 in Schools finals on the 19th and 20th March. We saw a fantastic line-up of competitors and a great finals this year, as always an amazing atmosphere and top quality work from the finalists.

The future is here! It comes in five different colours, monophonic sound, and lots of ways to trigger them. We’re talking about wearables.

Are you using Acrylic? Find out about the history of plastics, and what materials you could use for different applications.

In D&T we’re tinkerers, so naturally we want to build, modify, and adapt. Testing our prototypes in real life, working with our clients to improve the design, ultimately this is human centred design. And behind it all, the iterative design process. So here are some great ways to inspire critical thinking and empower students to look at design ideation in different ways.

At Technology Supplies, we don’t just want to help you by supplying the best materials to support your teaching, we want to share the best ways of working with it too. Here are some useful things about the materials themselves and project ideas which we think are well worth knowing.

We have previously discussed discussed ways to empower students’ creativity in the design process. However, just having an idea isn’t enough. It’s the doing that counts.

Hopefully you enjoyed our 6 things you should know about your Design Technology materials and that it inspired you to try something a bit different. While these are great things to know about the materials you regularly use, it’s also important to make sure you can choose the correct material for your chosen project.

We teamed up with freelance designer, Emma, from East Lothian to understand how technology can be exploited to create art.