Today we are going to Thingiverse to one of their curated collections on 3D Printed Marble Machines. I love these things, kids watch these, and they are fascinated by them. Logan Airport in Boston has a great installation. I don’t know if listeners know that Tom is from Boston. In one of the terminals in Boston, there is a big Rube Goldberg machine, which is a permanent installation. It’s a serious machine made of steel and wood and plastic, and it’s constantly moving. Your kids could sit there … [Read more...]
Is There an Online Community of Teachers for 3D Printing?
We have a listener named Jay Kim who wrote in, asking a question about where he can find a community for teachers using 3D printing in school. Last week, we had an interview with Cindi Schulz who created that curriculum down in San Diego. She had mentioned in that interview that Robo3D has the vision and the intention in the future to have an online community for teachers, but it doesn’t exist yet. They are still working on it. They are doing many new things, and they are doing a great job. … [Read more...]
Making 3D Printing More Accessible with MatterHackers
Checking back in with MatterHackers since our last episode with them, we wanted to talk more generally this time and get a feel for the other things they are working on and where their growth is. They are simplifying the user experience and really developing a plug-n-play system with updates to their MatterControl platform. With over 300% growth from last year to this year, they are definitely headed in the right direction. Listen to the podcast here: Interview - Making 3D Printing More … [Read more...]
Robo 3D Kits
Today we got to spend some more time following up with Braydon Moreno, the CEO and co-founder of Robo 3D. I’m excited we got to follow up with him because they had done some terrific things. They were our top pick for CES’s 3D printing section. They have so many things going on between their Robo 3D kits and new printers coming out and their programs with education. But we were rushed at CES. We got a lot of his time at CES for what most people got. But still, so much to talk about, and we … [Read more...]
Is Anyone Actually Selling 3D Printed Products?
One particular long-time listener of this podcast has probably asked us more challenging questions than anybody else. That’s Eduardo Martini out of Brazil. Thank you so much. Today, we are going to have a discussion about this question that he wrote in most recently. We tried to find some answers, and it’s not easy. The question is: Is anybody selling anything in 3D printing? Not just giving it away, but selling. Listen to the podcast here: Is Anybody Actually Selling 3D Printed … [Read more...]
Educational Project – Digital Sundial
In this WTFFF?! Episode, Tom and Tracy have found a great educational project for teachers and students. There is a lot of potential here for creating it into a larger lesson plan about time, geography, and of course 3D printing and 3D design. What they are talking about is creating a digital sundial, a little ironic considering sundials are analog by nature. Mojoptix, the designer, has great videos to walk students through the creation of this free file. Listen to the … [Read more...]