Makerspaces, libraries and education

The 3-D printing revolution is not taking off as fast as expected, but changing the target market might help reverse the trend. MassChallenge finalist Makers Empire is hoping to popularize 3-D printing in elementary and middle school classrooms, seeking to emulate the way personal computers warmed up the consumer market by hooking students.

The startup, which was founded in Australia, offers lesson plans and software that allow students to design printable objects. That approach, the company says, allows students to build their own prototypes through trial and error.

Makerspaces

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Over the past year more and more schools across the globe have embraced the concept of making to learn. This phenomenon trickled into schools as the Maker Movement became more popular and natural connections to learning became quite evident. To begin to understand the educational value of making we must look at the roots of this movement. A recent article in Newsweek sums it up nicely:

Right now, the typical 3D printer is a tool for making plastic objects. Assembling them in layers according to a pre-programmed plan, the printers can quickly make weirdly shaped parts, but they're often limited to working with just one material at a time. Additive manufacturing, as 3D printing is also known, offers so much more. A new printer, created by MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), can print up to 10 materials into a single object —and incorporat

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In three months, Xavier University in Ohio expects to open a new business venture that it hopes will be a trailblazer for institutions of higher education. The business will merge state-of-the-art technologies in 3D printing, cutting-edge ideas born out of business innovation and a large dose of good-fashioned capitalism.

The effort will be "Xavier 3D printing.com" — basically an online retail version of the university's current Center for Innovation, a facility that combines 3D printing with consulting, mentoring and other services focused on innovation and entrepreneurship.

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