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Student designed and printed 3D chess set. #makerbot

Student designed and printed 3D chess set. #makerbot

Are Makerbots still for Makers?

Are Makerbots still for Makers?

Anyone who knows me or follows some of the work I've been doing at UMW knows that I am a huge fan of MakerBot. Not only have they done a tremendous amount of work to bring 3D printing to the masses through their investment in bringing the cost

The coming 3D printing disruption

The coming 3D printing disruption

This is a patent awarded to Lego for the design of the standard modular brick sets in 1961. It is now expired. This is a printable Lego designed exactly to those same specifications (click to view model on Thingiverse) This is a Lego to Tinkertoy adapter, part of the Free

Why Make?

My work with Makerbots (which I've done the majority of blogging over at 3D Printing @ UMW) this semester has been a catalyst for an approach to the liberal arts that in some ways I think is still being defined. The ideals of a Maker Culture have begun to

MakerBots in Education

[caption id="attachment_306" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="Image Credit: Bre Pettis"][/caption] Have you ever heard of a MakerBot? It's a 3D printer that basically "prints" melted plastic onto layers, building almost any digital model into