Three Tools Students Can Use to Create 3D Models Online. Your school might not have a 3D printer yet, but your students can still create 3D models online with these free online tools. 123D Design from Autodesk allows you to create models by dragging pieces together online then sending them to 123D Make where your models can be printed. From those print-outs your students can construct their models. Both 123D Design and 123D Make can be used online, on iPads, and on Mac and Windows desktops. 3DTin is a free web-based program for creating three dimensional models. 3DTin provides templates that you can use to develop models or you can build a model completely from scratch.
The service is completely free to use as long as you allow your models to be labeled with a Creative Commons license and put in the 3DTin gallery. Like 3D Tin, Tinkercad allows you to build 3D models within your web browser. 3Doodler: The World's First 3D Printing Pen by WobbleWorks LLC. Thingiverse - Digital Designs for Physical Objects.
Printrbot | your first 3d printer. 3D Printer Creates 'Magic Arms' For Two-Year-Old Girl. Emma was born with arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC), a rare disease that cripples joints and limbs. Because of this condition, the two-year-old girl couldn't play with blocks, bring food to her mouth or hug her mother. That is, until engineers at the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children used a 3D printer to create a durable exoskeleton that helps her lift her arms. Emma was able to lift candy to her mouth for the first time while wearing the supportive plastic vest. The Wilmington Robotic Exoskeleton (WREX) is made of hinged metal bars, resistance bands and tiny 3D printed parts. SEE ALSO: How Does 3D Printing Work, Anyway? Emma was one of the first patients to wear the WREX.
"She outgrew the first one and now we're on our second one and it's still evolving," said Emma's mother, Megan Lavelle. Do you think on-demand 3D printing in hospitals will become increasingly popular in the future?