3D schemes Robotics

For the first time ever, the FIRST Robotics affray sponsored by America Makes, the Oak Ridge nationwide lab and the U.S. Department of Education is supplying 3D printers to its contestants - approximately 450 3D printers in total. There are some businesses on the FIRST Robotics affray 2014 copier, programs and Services Donors List, encompassing both 3D Systems and Stratasys! You can read 3D System's blog mail on the "winning" the tender here.  "We see a great promise to elaborate the use of 3D printing in FRC," FRC controller open Merrick...

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3D publishing Tips boasted in THE Journal

Today, my scholars and I are happy to announce the publication of an item boasting. them! It's called:3D publishing in the Classroom: 5 Tips for conveying New Dimensions to Your Students' familiarityAdvice from a middle school research teacher who uses 3D printing to help scholars discover conceive, production and persistence.The article distilled our interview into the following 5 "tips" -Let the Printer Be the messageaddress the After-School Club Approachaccept You Don't Know It AllDon't degree the outcomesDon't Underestimate the childrenMy very...

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Vicious Turkeys, LBJ and 3D Scans of Cadets

Perennial vacations have a way of conceiving and recalling recollections of those same vacations from the past.That is especially factual for THIS Thanskgiving,Thanksgiving 1948 and the Surly TurkeysMy first Thanksgiving recollection is one that makes eating turkey especially satisfying. My relish at the considered of eating turkey began at the age of 4. We dwelled in what was then a rural area and one of the ways the local Burke volunteer fire department increased capital was to sponsor a turkey fire. My father occurred to win two turkeys at that...

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Of the Sense 3D Scanner

Engadget has dispatched an excellent and bery methodical reconsider of the Sense 3D Scanner from 3D Systems. Brian Heater wrappings all the bases with a large composing style.3D Systems Sense reconsider: a 3D scanner for the masses (almost)I actually realise the thoroughness of the reconsider. But, in reading through the replies to the review, it is obvious that many persons don't understand how to put price/performance into the proper viewpoint. This isn't isn't a +10K apparatus! It's a low cost buyer device that works well for its proposed...

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Design and print a funnel (with basic Sketchup video tutorial).

In the winter time we refill the bird feeders regularly. Invariably I'd get bird seed all over the floor as I'd try to refill the container from a large bag of seed, so I decided to resolve the issue once and for all, and have some 3d printing fun along the way!The solution was a funnel with a wide exit, and a shoulder that would enable it to sit securely on the top of the container being filled.Didn't spill a single seed!I drew the funnel...

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The Penrose Triangle Illusion...

The Penrose Triangle...It's a great illusion of impossibly stacked little cubes, and readily printable, believe it or not! The STL file and full detail is posted here on Thingiverse. Credit goes to Jonathan Wong for explaining how he constructed the printable version of this illusion and providing instruction on how you can draw your own version. Some additional reference to the famous triangle may also be found here.The printing challenge:This...

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A simple door hook...

Quick post...There are many hooks on Thinkiverse, but I noticed this Headphone Hook by Misguided had employed a curve on the hanging tab to add strength to what otherwise would be it's weakness, a 90 Deg bend with a flat tab. A few minutes in Sketchup enabled a modification of the design to produce a very useful door hook!I narrowed the "U" so the door would close, even with the hook over the top (3mm gap). I also added two ridges to the "U"...

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