George Cross

The summer has been very busy with some big projects but one of the more exciting smaller things we've been working on is this George Cross model for the Museum of London.

The idea went through various iterations before being completed in laserply. We cut the model into six layers, mixing up the thicknesses to create the 3D required for the final model.


The display, which forms part of the Family Interventions series aimed at families visiting Docklands, tells visors about the events that took place in 1940 through an illustrated comic book which is based on a diary of Ricard Moore who's George Cross this model was based upon. It is part of the exciting display at Docklands in London - well worth a visit!

Building a Fort

Earlier this year, FifeX finished a new exhibition in one of the casemates at Fort George.

If you haven't been to Fort George, it's an amazing place - its size is mind-blowing and as well as being a visitor attraction, it is also a functioning army barracks for the Black Watch.

The new exhibition is incredibly well researched and features some fascinating facts about the Fort, its design and how it was used. We also developed some interactives as part of the exhibition, one of which you can see on the right.

2016 is its first summer season and our mid-season inspection yesterday showed it to be holding up well so far. If you haven't been, get up there!

Making the Invisible Visible

FifeX's latest exhibition build for Glasgow Science Centre centres around Quantum Technologies and includes some fantastic cutting edge exhibits including our 64 mirror DMD array. See the video for more info.

All Flooded Up

 FifeX was delighted to work on a fun project with SEPA, designing and developing some small shapes to go with one of their outreach flooding challenges.

Our solution was to create a range of fun shapes in 2D material which users could place on a map - the shapes showed things like flooded cars, buses, houses, broken trees and even sewage problems!

The SEPA roadshow is up and running!

First Class!

FifeX has been busy busy busy this Spring with a range of projects up and down the country - so we're way behind with our news posts - there are a few to catch up on. First off, congratulations to Kirsty Simpson, who we've been working with on a fantastic project for young children - she's just received a first-class honours award for her project and we were delighted to be involved. The small, tactile product uses some neat electronics in a 3D printed shell, which is then wrapped up in bright colours for its users. Good luck Kirsty and keep up the good work!