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Affordable 3D Printing is Inspiring Creativity in Teachers and Students Across the Globe
With the explosion of 3D printing in schools around the world, the variety and impressiveness of things that students and teachers are printing with this powerful technology grows every day.
Check out all these different objects that have been created with 3D printers. Some of these items are changing people’s lives! Hopefully some of these ideas can inspire you to start exploring 3D printing, or to try something new if you’re already using this wonderful technology.
An Amazing Baseball Bat Swinging Prosthetic Hand
http://3dprint.com/56298/baseball-bat-swinging-hand/ [4]
An electric car
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2476415,00.asp [5]
A ‘hexapod’ robot
http://www.3ders.org/articles/20120415-young-student-builds-hexapod-robot-with-dimension-3d-printer.html [6]
3D food printer that prints cookies, mashed potato & chocolate
http://www.3ders.org/articles/20150319-singapore-student-builds-a-3d-food-printer-that-prints-cookies-mashed-potato-chocolate.html [7]
Metal Objects: Using A MIG Welder And An Off-The-Shelf 3D Printer [8]
A “3D Printing Vending Machine”
http://science.kqed.org/quest/2013/03/26/uc-berkeley-students-build-3d-printing-vending-machine/ [9]
A Tattoo Machine
http://www.dailydot.com/technology/3d-printer-tattoo-machine/ [10]
A Saxaphone
http://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/music/a11123/listen-to-the-worlds-first-3d-printed-saxophone-17069888 [11]/
A race car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuw6aWXQZZw [12]
Exoskeleton cycling shoe for Triathlons
http://www.3ders.org/articles/20150306-nuvu-students-use-rhino-and-3d-printing-to-create-exoskeleton-cycling-shoe.html [13]
A Pedal-Powered Wooden Monowheel
http://makezine.com/2015/06/05/students-build-pedal-powered-wooden-monowheel/ [14]
A Frisbee Throwing Robot
http://3dprintingindustry.com/2014/02/24/gladstone-students-build-frisbee-throwing-robot-afinia-3d-printer/ [15]
A Bicycle Frame
http://www.3ders.org/articles/20140814-designer-james-novak-creates-stunning-3d-printed-bike-frame.html [16]
A 3D Printer Capable Of Building A House In A Day
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/21/3d-printer-house-mars-slums_n_4639046.html [17]
A perfect replica of a 6th century sword
http://www.3ders.org/articles/20150213-norwegian-teacher-3d-prints-a-perfect-replica-of-a-6th-century-sword.html [18]
A redesigned wheelchair
http://www.3ders.org/articles/20150109-16-year-old-redesigns-his-own-wheelchair-with-help-from-classmates-3d-printing.html [19]
Lamps
http://3dprint.com/49543/3d-printed-lamps-high-school/ [21]
Music Scores for the Blind
http://www.3ders.org/articles/20150113-wisconsin-graduate-student-develops-3d-printed-music-scores-for-the-blind.html [22]
A Guitar
http://www.3ders.org/articles/20150424-electrical-engineering-student-creates-his-own-jimi-hendrix-3d-printed-guitar.html [23]
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About Kelly Walsh [29]
Kelly Walsh is Chief Information Officer at The College of Westchester, in White Plains, NY, where he also teaches. In 2009, Walsh founded EmergingEdTech.com. As an education and instructional technology advocate, he frequently delivers presentations on a variety of related topics at schools and conferences across the U.S. Walsh is also an author, and online educator, regularly running Flipped Class Workshops [30] online. His eBook, the Flipped Classroom Workshop-in-a-Book is available here [31]. Kelly also writes, records, and performs original music ... stop by kwalshmusic.com [32] and have a listen!
[Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are my own, or those of other writers, and not those of my employer. - K. Walsh]