80 Million Tiny Images You have submitted 0 labels. Visual dictionary: Visualization of 53,464 english nouns arranged by meaning. Each tile shows the average color of the images that correspond to each term. makerbot This is the fifth in a series of posts about ways to get even better print results from your 3D printer. The prior posts provided information on calibrating hardware, upgrading hardware, calibrating software, and maintenance. Please keep sending in your hints, tips, hacks, and suggestions! Today’s post is about one of the most common kinds of finishing techniques: Abrasion.Removing excess plastic by abrasion is an obvious way to improve the look of a printed object. Here are the tools I use to clean up a printed object: Needle nose pliers or wire cutters to remove any large strings of plastic or plastic blobs.A spackle or putty knife to pop off any large blobs.
Case Study: How Louis Vuitton Uses 3D Printing Recently, manufacturing has experienced a radical transformation. Large, capital-intensive production lines fabricating thousands of the same parts or components have evolved to smaller, nimbler facilities fabricating small batch, customizable products and assemblies. The “go to” product for these newer facilities is the desktop 3D printer. To see this process in action, look no further than Louis Vuitton and the production of consumer products. Join us to discover how products that we use on a daily basis are being impacted by this new paradigm. Abstract
Printing a helping hand Southridge High School engineering students use 3-D printers to give prosthetic hands to people in need. Tariq Abu-Hamdeh and his classmates at Southridge High School can’t quite remember whether 5-year-old Robert lives in Illinois or Pennsylvania, or maybe somewhere else on the far side of the Mississippi River. But they all know that young Robert wants his brand new hand to be red and blue like Spider-Man, and they really know how to configure one of Southridge’s new 3-D printers to make it happen. While putting the final touches on the functional plastic hand in Monday morning’s Engineering and Design class, the teenagers also glued a Spider-Man logo on to the top. The Southridge class will ship out the prosthetic device late this week, and pretty soon, Robert will be able to pick up his kindergarten backpack like a super hero. “To give a child a hand,” said Mukiza France, another senior engineering student, “what could be better than that?”
Selling on Amazon and eBay - The Pros and Cons - Marketplace Fees, Infrastructure, & Sales At first glance, online marketplaces like Amazon and eBay seem to be a creation of mutual benefit. Ecommerce store owners gain increased exposure for their products, and the marketplaces gain an expanded product range without having to increase inventory. On closer inspection, the mutual benefits remain, but the reality is more nuanced. Ultimate Guide to Finishing 3D Printed Parts In this article we’re going to look at different finishing methods for FDM and PolyJet 3D printed parts and the techniques and tips that can elevate the look and feel of your prototypes. As a case study, we’re going to use a simple Apple Watch stand design, a model with pockets and internal and external features that needs to be surface finished to a standard that does the watch justice! Here’s a quick overview of the main points this article covers: PLA: If you’re working with a tight budget then PLA is going to be your best material choice; the results aren’t as polished but the price is cheapest. ABS: If your budget is moderate then go with ABS. It’s not as cheap as PLA but still at a low price point and the material is more reliable than PLA.
How To Succeed When 3D Printing With PVA Support Material When Should You Use A Different Support Material? If you’re printing other 3D filaments like ABS, PETG, Nylon, or TPE, which all print at a higher temperature or don’t stick well to PVA filament, use a different support material or even just use same-material support. Like HIPS, the perfect support for ABS, PVA does cost more than regular build materials, so if you’re printing a fairly simple model, a model with easy to clean supports, or you plan on finishing your 3D print anyways, then stick with printing your supports with the same material.
Why have 3D printers in the classroom? “3D printing allows for more authentic exploration of objects that may not be readily available to education institutions, including animal anatomies and toxic materials. The exploration of 3D printing, from design to production, as well as demonstrations and participatory access, can open up new possibilities for learning activities.” Children love to explore and try new things, but many are afraid to try, they are scared of failure. 3D printing removes that fear, instead it embodies them with confidence to venture into the unknown. Additive manufacturing has existed for an excess of 25 years, but is still an emerging technology in the classroom. Educators and students a like an exploring the different ways that 3D printers can influence and enhance the learning in the classroom.  3D printing in education is unique compared to other technologies. The mindset of the student becomes one where it is okay to fail and encourages experimentation in their learning.
the Gloves Dr Adam Stark is the co-founder of the interactive arts technology studio Codasign and a post-doctoral researcher at the Centre for Digital Music at Queen Mary University of London. He is interested in developing new ways to create music through interactive technology. In particular, he wants to make electronic music performative and engaging to watch on stage, working with artists and musicians to integrate interactive technologies into their shows and installations. He has been interested in music since childhood, growing up playing in bands in and around London. In 2002 he chose to study Computer Science at Royal Holloway, University of London, spending those years equally divided between learning how to develop technology and writing & performing music with other students.