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If you don’t have a 3D printer at home but you’re a pretty accomplished 3D designer, there are now plenty of great web-based services that let you submit yo Via Brittney
Kim Flintoff's insight:
As additive technologies become more readily available we'll see more commercial shifts - as consumer level desktop printers become prototyping machines, we'll see users wanting access to higher grade printers with rapid turnaround times.
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February 10, 2015 4:26 PM
In the Works: Boffles, a Global Marketplace for 3D Printer Files http://3dprint.com/42928/boffles-3d-files-kickstarter/
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Work with others on 3D printed projects
Cubehero hosts your 3D printed and hardware projects to make it easier to work together with others. I believe with the democratization of manufacturing tools and the distribution of the internet, it's possible to make things that just weren't possible before--things that delight and change the way we work, live, and play.
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3D printers are going mainstream, as more consumers warm up to and adopt the idea of 3D printing. The Micro, for example, is a Kickstarter project for a 3D printer for consumers. It was funded in mere minutes. But you can’t start printing once you get your printer. You will need to get the materials and more importantly the blueprint to printout your product.
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Dejan Mitrovic developed Kidesign to teach children to design 3D buildings, 3D print them as toys, and make CAD a fun, collaborative game
Kim Flintoff's insight:
Increasing convergence of human activity forces us to re-examine our approaches to teaching and learning... ALL statements of "best practice" are both contextual and historical... new paradigms for developing "evidence based" teaching and learning are essential.
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February 8, 2015 4:28 PM
Great ideas for student designed 3D built games.
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Creating a makerspace can seem like a daunting task especially when you start to think of all of the unfamiliar elements. I was a bit apprehensive when the 3D printer arrived and wondered how I would manage not being skilled at so many maker things happening in our space. I realized that I needed to be more willing to take risks and make mistakes, especially if I was going to expect this from our students.
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When I was studying introductory electrical engineering at Columbia University, I was shocked by two obvious truths:1) Electrical engineering is really hard and not in my wheelhouse (sorry, Mom and Dad); and2) There were barely any female students in the course.The first issue was easy to remedy: I quickly shifted my major to management systems engineering which felt much more aligned to my interests and passions. The second issue, however, has plagued universities for decades and shows no sign of abating. Simply put, there is a shortage of women pursuing science, technology, engineering and
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While printed parts for humans so far have used plastic, metal and other inorganic materials, researchers in California and elsewhere also have begun printing living tissue, with the goal of eventually employing 'bioprinters' to make customized kidneys, livers and other organs for people needing transplants.
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When it comes to 3D printing, there are limitless ways in which the technology can be utilized. Businesses, hobbyists, and educational institutions are beginnin
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What would you print with this bad boy? Open Objects and Global Collaboration - See more at: http://spark.autodesk.com/ember Join the chat: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+NixiePixel/posts Stereolith...
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3D printing and robotics are two fields that continue to converge on a daily basis. We are constantly seeing new ideas and open source projects emerge based on
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Developed by Shubham Banerjee, a 7th grade student from Santa Clara, California. BRAIGO is a Braille Printer using Lego Mindstorms EV3. This concept slashes the price of a printer from more than $2...
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To reach the point where they can start establishing a maker culture in their classrooms, teachers often need to undergo a reboot of their mindsets. American educator Jackie Gerstein makes some important observations about how teachers can change their perspectives and embrace maker pedagogy. She suggests that teachers need to break out of their old mindsets, develop new skills and entertain new roles. In her excellent slide deck, Gerstein argues that teachers need to break out of the constraints they impose upon themselves. She provides seven key areas that need to be reappraised around the questions: what does it mean to be a teacher, what is the expectation of teaching, and what might change? (my annotations included)
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Makerspaces, wearable technologies and adaptive learning technologies are three of the six technologies that will have a profound impact on higher education within the next five years, according to the NMC Horizon Report: 2015 Higher Education Edition, released today by the New Media Consortium and the Educause Learning Initiative.
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Xavier University is partnering with MakerBot to bring a MakerBot Innovation Center to the university’s campus.
It is designed to create an environment in which entrepreneurialism, education and innovation can be cultivated and encouraged in the Cincinnati area and beyond. With the MakerBot Innovation Center, students, faculty and the community are provided opportunities to collaborate on real-time prototyping, model making and small-scale creative and manufacturing projects.
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This repository contains freely available models appropriate for printing on 3D printers. Such printers allow the production of cheap tools and parts that are especially useful in a labratory environment.
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STLFinder is a 3D Model Search Engine able to quickly find the 3D models you are looking for either your 3D printings, games or graphical models.
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Many young patients resort to tv to pass the time during long hospital stays. A mobile maker project aims to ignite creativity, while helping kids solve problems they face during their visits.
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An intuitive plug & play device beautifully designed to bring you a productive and painless 3D printing experience.
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School libraries are no longer quiet - they're full of learning, research, and dynamic ed-tech tools.
It’s not even called a library anymore. Or a media center. It is now the “learning commons,” a hub for students and teachers. And it is a model that is set to spread soon to other schools, as the boundaries between libraries and classrooms dissipate during the district’s ongoing digital learning initiative.
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Probably two of the areas which excite me the most about where 3D printing will take us all, has to do with space travel and education. The ability to print ite
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What if all it took to gain access to the technology of 3D printing was your plastic library card? Considering it’s been hard to even find a book about 3D p Via Brittney
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January 28, 2015 11:33 AM
US Libraries Offering Free 3D Printing to Public Amidst Learning Curves & Legal Questions http://3dprint.com/40170/library-3d-printing-services/ 
Patrick Wallace's curator insight,
January 28, 2015 11:52 AM
Gee - Imagine if all you needed was a library card to access a 3D printer. Somehow that does not seem like a good idea to me. What are your thoughts?
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Ember is the first Spark Powered 3D Printer.
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Orange Maker's Helios One prints in a spiral, as opposed to layer by layer, making the entire process more efficient
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When tech culture only celebrates creation, it risks ignoring those who teach, criticize, and take care of others.
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