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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
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=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
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''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
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'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
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This just looks so beautiful. The original design of gyrornament is made by ivory, which are mostly acquired from illegal source. I think that to some extent, 3D printed pla has certain similarity with ivory on artistic value except the price. At first this thing seems to be extremely difficult to print, but the feedback on thingiverse are generally positive. [http://http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:192325 Source]<br />
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'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
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This thing just tend to be funny in its design. The idea of tablet stand is not novel and very straight forward to everyone. Most to cases, I see designs in this category just tend to focus on its functionality. This octopus tablet just seems to be so interesting on its appearance. I probably will say no to this design if I want to buy a tablet stand, and I think most people consider octopus tentacles as disgusting. However, this design is so funny when you see it at the first time. [http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61718 Source]<br />
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'''An item that is useless'''<br />
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The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
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'''An item that is useful'''<br />
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This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
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'''An item that is surprising to me'''<br />
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I never imagined that 3D printer can print such a flexible product as sneakers. The author said that he use FILAFLEX Elastic filament 3mm. I don't know what printer is needed for this filament, but this sneaker just looks so innovative and the design is cool. By the way, the author also has made some printing video of sneakers, and it looks amazing. The elastic filament may point out another world for 3D printed products. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:154188 Source]<br />
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=Blog 2: OSE project=<br />
''We were asked to research about OSE projects and respond to the following:<br />
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''A) I want your general impressions of the OSE project; positive, negative, utopian, etc. Please do a bit more research than just viewing the video, as it is now several years old and they have made some progress since then. Links to more recent videos and media will earn you a better blog. <br />
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''B) The New Yorker magazine recently had a fairly critical article regarding Marcin's OSE project. Find/link that article and summarize its critique. Marcin had a response to that: I'd like your response to both of these pieces. <br />
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''C) Imagine we want to create capabilities similar to what Marcin has made at PSU (something like an OSE student club, or another effort). I don't think the administration or trustees would support such a thing, but there might be professors who are interested in supporting such a thing. Do you know any of them? What do they do, and why do you think they would be interested in such a project? Imagine you are looking for allies to do such a thing. Whom is on your list and why?<br />
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Here are my answers:<br />
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A) My general impressions of the OSE project is not positive. I would not say that I totally disagree with their idea, but I don’t think that should be the way to do. Marcin stated his inspiration was from the broken tools in his own farming business. Because of that, he wanted to look for a more efficient and durable product and decided to make his own. <br />
Many engineers followed his idea and made their contribution to this open source product design. However, unlike the open source 3D printer, I don’t think tractor can be replicated perfectly through the open source sharing. Two critical reasons are: 1. Durability and safety issues. 2. Sustainability and environmental impact.<br />
If you mess up with your 3D printer, the worst thing probably happens may just be that your printer is broken. However, if something wrong when you operate these hardware, you may get injured. Even Marci’s team can have their open design blueprint with enough safety consideration. There will be a lot of safety issues when people try to DIY their products.<br />
Another thing I thought may be problematic is about environmental impact. Although I consider economics concepts are not very useful in a real world, but I do agree that the specialization could make this world better. What I see from OSE project are they trying to make an individual capable of doing all the stuffs. In small-scale production, that can be effective. However, it won’t be efficient in resource distribution if this project becomes a mainstream production.<br />
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B) http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/12/23/131223fa_fact_eakin<br />
In general, the author thought the OSE project was too utopian. For more details, the environmental condition of e farm village was too hard to handle by project volunteers. Project volunteers were less skilled compared to expectation. The whole project was really struggling rather than the beautiful and efficient image in Marci’s head. The author consider the OSE project is too idealistic and Marci always try to use passion to solve the problem which is not appropriate.<br />
I also found some responses from MJ on the OSE official facebook. In generaly Marci held an open mind to what has been told in Emily's article, he also shared the link to access the New Yorker and called it a great article. I accepted they had missed some points during the project. However, he didn't think what they have done are utopia. He thought they made their effort and what they have experienced will become the precious material to teach the followers. <br />
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C) I think the ecocar team probably will have interests on auto parts DIY sharing. However, I still feel negative about this idea and think the open source sharing should be limited to simple mechanical parts and systems.<br />
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=Blog 3: Robohand=<br />
''We were asked to response to a 3D printed Robohand aimed to help disabled people:<br />
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''Who created this design and when/where was it done? <br />
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The design was originated from Ivan Owen and Richard Van, and the metal prototype was created in November 2012. At January 2013, the 3D printer version has been put online with free instruction. Then 2 months ago, Mason Wilde, 16 years old high school student, used a 3D printer in the Johnson County Library made a Robohand.<br />
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''If you wanted to make one, where would you go to get it? <br />
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I will get the CAD files from the Thingiverse. Several things will be needed as mentioned in the ariticle: a drill, a pair of pliers, and about $60 worth of materials, including a dye kit, nylon string and hard plastic for the gauntlet. I may download Makerware or use Solidworks to do some necessary adjustments about CAD files. Then I will find a free 3D printer, maybe just in our 3D printing club, print out parts and assembly them together. <br />
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''How many news articles can you find which reference this technology?<br />
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Here are some relevant news that I can find and I can be sure there are more:<br />
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“Kansas Teen Uses 3-D Printer To Make Hand For Boy”, http://www.wibwnewsnow.com/kansas-teen-uses-3-d-printer-make-hand-boy/<br />
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“Teen Crafts 3D-Printed 'Robohand' for Fingerless Boy”, http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2430396,00.asp<br />
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“Teen uses 3D printer to create 'Robohand' for fingerless boy”, http://www.itproportal.com/2014/02/07/teen-uses-3d-printer-to-create-robohand-for-fingerless-boy/?utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itproportal%2Frss+(Latest+ITProPortal+News)&utm_source=feedburner<br />
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“'Robohand' given to West Michigan preschooler proving to be life-changing”, http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/01/robohand_given_to_preschooler.html<br />
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“3D-printed prosthetics: How a $100 arm is giving hope to Sudan's 50,000 war amputees”, http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/3dprinted-prosthetics-how-a-100-arm-is-giving-hope-to-sudans-50000-war-amputees-9071708.html<br />
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“Boy Receives 3D Printed Prosthetic Hand”, http://www.ubergizmo.com/2014/02/boy-receives-3d-printed-prosthetic-hand/<br />
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=Blog 4: Response to blog 2=<br />
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'' We are asked to read our teammates blogs, as well as the blogs of at least 5 other students in class this semester. I would like you to find any thoughtful points made by others which you did not note yourself in Blog 2.<br />
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Here are some good points I found in my classmates' blogs:<br />
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''Vinny Iachini<br />
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The skill needed for assembling and the cost of maintenance has been mentioned, which is crucial for realizing the project. In the farm project, the food problem is a problem I did not mention in my blog.<br />
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Yuchao focuses on the safety issue which totally agrees with me. Besides that, Yuchao mentioned that one advantage of this project might be that since you already understand the mechanism and structure of your DIY product, you should be very easy to figure out the problems when something is broken. This might be true in some circumstances, but I thought the untested machine can also have problems that they do not consider before or hard to repair.<br />
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''Yuan Chai<br />
Yuan has a doubt on the learning curve for other person try to make the projects in OSE website. He gives the power cube as the example. He thinks that it will need an integration of knowledge from various subjects and majors. He also doubts that different people may use different materials to build a same structure, which may lead to problem in practical using. He also thinks that the economic and environmental impact of these products are usually bad, which agrees with me. Yuan believes that even though this project is not suitable for a normal person or engineer to perform, it can have innovative value on education aspect.<br />
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''Kyle Casterline<br />
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Kyle also mentioned the safety issue. Also, he considered that some parts in “50 things” may not be able to be fabricated by DIY at all. For example, the optical parts in laser cut need a very professional manufacture method. If the project team just buy parts from industry and assembly them, it may not considered success on criteria of OSE project.<br />
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Graham has an interest to make the OSE project develop as a think-tank club in PSU, which I consider interesting. He also discusses the possibility to make this club and how the 3D printer may help in this project.<br />
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=Blog 5: RepRap Timeline=<br />
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''We are asked to go through the media timeline on RepRap wiki site and answer several questions.<br />
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''1) An event very important in the progression of 3D printing technology (open source or not)<br />
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2004: Adrian Bowyer publishes the idea for a self replicating 3D printer, and concept of the RepRap is born! More on the RepRap About Page About<br />
I think this is very important to 3D printing technology, especially for the open source part. The reason of that is this event eventually push the 3D printer to the desktop level and attracted many individual users. More important, it allow that people can actually development their own printers. <br />
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For example, there is no way that a people can upgrade his mobile phone by themselves. This might be the issue about patent. However, more important, the company fix the frame and the scope of their product. You cannot use other parts you DIY or from other brands in your phone. You have to use the parts manufactured by the company which is not only expensive but also limits the freedom of individual modification.<br />
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Also, we can easily see that there are so many FDM 3D printers now, but most of them are somewhat originated from the RepRap model. The important point of self replicating 3D printer is not a new method to make a 3D printer, but a new method to teach people how to develop 3D printers.<br />
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''2) A not so important event in the progression of this technology (something overhyped perhaps?)<br />
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2011 Jan: 3d printing now in Titanium! (Charlie Sorrel on Wired.com) [25] Summary: The article discusses the advancements in 3D printing, specifically Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) to print with titanium.<br />
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I think this event is quite hyped. When people see the topic about metal printing, they get extremely excited. However, the metal printing still needs a long way to go. I have looked up about metal 3D printing before, and I know there are some successful 3D printed metal parts. Unfortunately, few of them have real commercial and practical value to be applied. Current technology to print metal have a lot for limitation including the size and overhanging issues. The most important is that they are extremely expensive and needs long lead time. Their property is not as good as their most competitive manufacture method - powder metallurgy. They are also mainly working in labs instead of commercial application. I would like to say that the metal printing is still not passing its milestone.<br />
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''3) Something which you found interesting which you would like to think or speak more about. This might overlap with #1 a bit, depending.<br />
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2008 Nov: Thingiverse is launched, the first website where people can uplaoad their own 3D models for people to print out, open sourcing at its finest, what will you upload?<br />
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Although this event may not have a really big impact on the 3D printing technology, it does help a lot on the promotion of domestic or individual 3D printing application. It just create huge interests towards the realization of CAD model. It also provides a convenient platform for people to communicate 3D printing user experience.<br />
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=Blog 6: Project=<br />
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''What projects do you think would be a logical next step for us to pursue? These may be things you see others doing elsewhere, or ideas of your own to push the boundaries of what we are using. <br />
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'' We have been putting in significant effort to upkeep the printers we have, but as we get good at that, where might we go next?<br />
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''What would enhance our capabilities or put a new twist on what we are doing?<br />
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Several things I consider may improve the printer service we have here.<br />
The first thing is to have a device to measure the relative displacement between the filament extrusion length and the driving gear movement. There should be a sweep point of slip ratio of this and we can test it. In current printing, we will always need to manually adjust it with our sense, and it can affect the printing material density a lot. So I want to find a convenient and quantitative way to solve it.<br />
Another thing I may consider is to make a tool for easy removal of support material. In my consideration, it may be achieve by mechanical removal or thermal removal. In mechanical removal, we should make tool that can remove things that our current tool cannot approach. If we try to use thermal removal, we will need to limit the heat range of the tool to ensure we do not damage other region. This tool may also be used to smooth the surface and remove trip material.<br />
Our management of printer may need to be improved. People use the printer without permission and regulation cause that the repairing cost of our printers are extremely high. People also spend a lot of time on finding a tool or a part. There are a big possibility the good parts will be mixed with small parts. If we can improve the management, our printer will be much more robust.<br />
We may try to make a food printing. There are already some commercial application, but I consider we can use open source to try to build our own. I consider the chocolate will be the first one to try. It can be interesting and a good demo to show.<br />
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=Blog 7: Research Application=<br />
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I think that idea is cool and applicable for many researches. I actually plan to print a piece this spring break for our research project. Our project is to rebuild a shear testing system, and we have changed a new mechanical shaker. We need to build a connector to connect the shaker to our designed test frame. However, it can take some effort to build it by manual machining. So my plan is to utilize 3D printing to do it.<br />
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This is also interesting for me. I used to do robot competition by LEGO in my high school, so I am quite familiar with parts they have used. This part is definitely printable. However, the quality of the part may not be that good, as LEGO demand a fair accuracy to use in such nanoscope. However, for this particular project, it is not worthy to print the parts. The reason is that LEGO’s part is generated accurately and inexpensive by inject molding. It is not worth for 3D printing to print something that is easy to manufacture by traditional methods and inexpensive to buy. I feel that you cannot say too much about the importance of open source in this nanoscope. This news really doesn’t have enough details for how this nanoscope is build. It seems the LEGO only works as structure support and the optical and electrical devices are bought from company.<br />
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=Blog 8: IP on 3D printing=<br />
''What are the five I's and what do you conclude from them? <br />
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Five I’s are infringement, identification, impractical, impossible, and irrelevant. Five I’s describe the process that the loss of effectiveness on IP application. The author conclude that once there is an ultimate democratization manufacturing method, which he considers as 3D printing, the IP will become irrelevant for product. This is also a gradual process, which each step will lead to another step after.<br />
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''From the perspective described in the article (or your own if you disagree), what are the futures of copyright, trademark, patent, and trade secrets? <br />
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Actually, I do not agree with author’s perspective. I think there will always be IP applied on any product including products may be 3D printed. The author gives the conclusion because he analyzed the future manufacture method based on current IP application. However, not only the product fabrication, the IP application will also develop along with the time. For example, who can imagine 20 years ago that the software products can have IP protection? Even based on current technology, I can also give some assumption to apply IP on 3D printing. First, complex product may be eventually manufactured by 3D printing but that does not mean everyone can hold such an industrial 3D printer. Second, if we consider the CAD model and G-code as the IP need to apply on, we can consider it as digital product. It is possible that customer needs to keep the computer online and receive the G-code while printing, which means their computer cannot storage the G-code but act as a receiver. It is very similar like to watch video online that you cannot download it, but you can watch it!<br />
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Creative Commons seems to be a very interesting website for me. It does provide a very useful license for non-profit sharing of designs. However, I don’t think it against the IP. Non-profit product design is hard to become a mainstream. Also, it does not mean that if there is not copy right on a car engine then everyone has the ability to build one.</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=119536User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-03-09T16:33:17Z<p>Dzy5042: </p>
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
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=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
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''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
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'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
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This just looks so beautiful. The original design of gyrornament is made by ivory, which are mostly acquired from illegal source. I think that to some extent, 3D printed pla has certain similarity with ivory on artistic value except the price. At first this thing seems to be extremely difficult to print, but the feedback on thingiverse are generally positive. [http://http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:192325 Source]<br />
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'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
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This thing just tend to be funny in its design. The idea of tablet stand is not novel and very straight forward to everyone. Most to cases, I see designs in this category just tend to focus on its functionality. This octopus tablet just seems to be so interesting on its appearance. I probably will say no to this design if I want to buy a tablet stand, and I think most people consider octopus tentacles as disgusting. However, this design is so funny when you see it at the first time. [http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61718 Source]<br />
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'''An item that is useless'''<br />
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The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
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This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
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'''An item that is surprising to me'''<br />
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I never imagined that 3D printer can print such a flexible product as sneakers. The author said that he use FILAFLEX Elastic filament 3mm. I don't know what printer is needed for this filament, but this sneaker just looks so innovative and the design is cool. By the way, the author also has made some printing video of sneakers, and it looks amazing. The elastic filament may point out another world for 3D printed products. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:154188 Source]<br />
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=Blog 2: OSE project=<br />
''We were asked to research about OSE projects and respond to the following:<br />
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''A) I want your general impressions of the OSE project; positive, negative, utopian, etc. Please do a bit more research than just viewing the video, as it is now several years old and they have made some progress since then. Links to more recent videos and media will earn you a better blog. <br />
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''B) The New Yorker magazine recently had a fairly critical article regarding Marcin's OSE project. Find/link that article and summarize its critique. Marcin had a response to that: I'd like your response to both of these pieces. <br />
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''C) Imagine we want to create capabilities similar to what Marcin has made at PSU (something like an OSE student club, or another effort). I don't think the administration or trustees would support such a thing, but there might be professors who are interested in supporting such a thing. Do you know any of them? What do they do, and why do you think they would be interested in such a project? Imagine you are looking for allies to do such a thing. Whom is on your list and why?<br />
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Here are my answers:<br />
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A) My general impressions of the OSE project is not positive. I would not say that I totally disagree with their idea, but I don’t think that should be the way to do. Marcin stated his inspiration was from the broken tools in his own farming business. Because of that, he wanted to look for a more efficient and durable product and decided to make his own. <br />
Many engineers followed his idea and made their contribution to this open source product design. However, unlike the open source 3D printer, I don’t think tractor can be replicated perfectly through the open source sharing. Two critical reasons are: 1. Durability and safety issues. 2. Sustainability and environmental impact.<br />
If you mess up with your 3D printer, the worst thing probably happens may just be that your printer is broken. However, if something wrong when you operate these hardware, you may get injured. Even Marci’s team can have their open design blueprint with enough safety consideration. There will be a lot of safety issues when people try to DIY their products.<br />
Another thing I thought may be problematic is about environmental impact. Although I consider economics concepts are not very useful in a real world, but I do agree that the specialization could make this world better. What I see from OSE project are they trying to make an individual capable of doing all the stuffs. In small-scale production, that can be effective. However, it won’t be efficient in resource distribution if this project becomes a mainstream production.<br />
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B) http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/12/23/131223fa_fact_eakin<br />
In general, the author thought the OSE project was too utopian. For more details, the environmental condition of e farm village was too hard to handle by project volunteers. Project volunteers were less skilled compared to expectation. The whole project was really struggling rather than the beautiful and efficient image in Marci’s head. The author consider the OSE project is too idealistic and Marci always try to use passion to solve the problem which is not appropriate.<br />
I also found some responses from MJ on the OSE official facebook. In generaly Marci held an open mind to what has been told in Emily's article, he also shared the link to access the New Yorker and called it a great article. I accepted they had missed some points during the project. However, he didn't think what they have done are utopia. He thought they made their effort and what they have experienced will become the precious material to teach the followers. <br />
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C) I think the ecocar team probably will have interests on auto parts DIY sharing. However, I still feel negative about this idea and think the open source sharing should be limited to simple mechanical parts and systems.<br />
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=Blog 3: Robohand=<br />
''We were asked to response to a 3D printed Robohand aimed to help disabled people:<br />
<br />
<br />
''Who created this design and when/where was it done? <br />
<br />
The design was originated from Ivan Owen and Richard Van, and the metal prototype was created in November 2012. At January 2013, the 3D printer version has been put online with free instruction. Then 2 months ago, Mason Wilde, 16 years old high school student, used a 3D printer in the Johnson County Library made a Robohand.<br />
<br />
<br />
''If you wanted to make one, where would you go to get it? <br />
<br />
I will get the CAD files from the Thingiverse. Several things will be needed as mentioned in the ariticle: a drill, a pair of pliers, and about $60 worth of materials, including a dye kit, nylon string and hard plastic for the gauntlet. I may download Makerware or use Solidworks to do some necessary adjustments about CAD files. Then I will find a free 3D printer, maybe just in our 3D printing club, print out parts and assembly them together. <br />
<br />
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''How many news articles can you find which reference this technology?<br />
<br />
Here are some relevant news that I can find and I can be sure there are more:<br />
<br />
“Kansas Teen Uses 3-D Printer To Make Hand For Boy”, http://www.wibwnewsnow.com/kansas-teen-uses-3-d-printer-make-hand-boy/<br />
<br />
“Teen Crafts 3D-Printed 'Robohand' for Fingerless Boy”, http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2430396,00.asp<br />
<br />
“Teen uses 3D printer to create 'Robohand' for fingerless boy”, http://www.itproportal.com/2014/02/07/teen-uses-3d-printer-to-create-robohand-for-fingerless-boy/?utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itproportal%2Frss+(Latest+ITProPortal+News)&utm_source=feedburner<br />
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“'Robohand' given to West Michigan preschooler proving to be life-changing”, http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/01/robohand_given_to_preschooler.html<br />
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“3D-printed prosthetics: How a $100 arm is giving hope to Sudan's 50,000 war amputees”, http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/3dprinted-prosthetics-how-a-100-arm-is-giving-hope-to-sudans-50000-war-amputees-9071708.html<br />
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“Boy Receives 3D Printed Prosthetic Hand”, http://www.ubergizmo.com/2014/02/boy-receives-3d-printed-prosthetic-hand/<br />
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=Blog 4: Response to blog 2=<br />
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'' We are asked to read our teammates blogs, as well as the blogs of at least 5 other students in class this semester. I would like you to find any thoughtful points made by others which you did not note yourself in Blog 2.<br />
<br />
Here are some good points I found in my classmates' blogs:<br />
<br />
''Vinny Iachini<br />
<br />
The skill needed for assembling and the cost of maintenance has been mentioned, which is crucial for realizing the project. In the farm project, the food problem is a problem I did not mention in my blog.<br />
<br />
''Yuchao Yuan<br />
<br />
Yuchao focuses on the safety issue which totally agrees with me. Besides that, Yuchao mentioned that one advantage of this project might be that since you already understand the mechanism and structure of your DIY product, you should be very easy to figure out the problems when something is broken. This might be true in some circumstances, but I thought the untested machine can also have problems that they do not consider before or hard to repair.<br />
<br />
''Yuan Chai<br />
Yuan has a doubt on the learning curve for other person try to make the projects in OSE website. He gives the power cube as the example. He thinks that it will need an integration of knowledge from various subjects and majors. He also doubts that different people may use different materials to build a same structure, which may lead to problem in practical using. He also thinks that the economic and environmental impact of these products are usually bad, which agrees with me. Yuan believes that even though this project is not suitable for a normal person or engineer to perform, it can have innovative value on education aspect.<br />
<br />
''Kyle Casterline<br />
<br />
Kyle also mentioned the safety issue. Also, he considered that some parts in “50 things” may not be able to be fabricated by DIY at all. For example, the optical parts in laser cut need a very professional manufacture method. If the project team just buy parts from industry and assembly them, it may not considered success on criteria of OSE project.<br />
<br />
''Graham Deever<br />
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Graham has an interest to make the OSE project develop as a think-tank club in PSU, which I consider interesting. He also discusses the possibility to make this club and how the 3D printer may help in this project.<br />
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=Blog 5: RepRap Timeline=<br />
<br />
''We are asked to go through the media timeline on RepRap wiki site and answer several questions.<br />
<br />
''1) An event very important in the progression of 3D printing technology (open source or not)<br />
<br />
2004: Adrian Bowyer publishes the idea for a self replicating 3D printer, and concept of the RepRap is born! More on the RepRap About Page About<br />
I think this is very important to 3D printing technology, especially for the open source part. The reason of that is this event eventually push the 3D printer to the desktop level and attracted many individual users. More important, it allow that people can actually development their own printers. <br />
<br />
For example, there is no way that a people can upgrade his mobile phone by themselves. This might be the issue about patent. However, more important, the company fix the frame and the scope of their product. You cannot use other parts you DIY or from other brands in your phone. You have to use the parts manufactured by the company which is not only expensive but also limits the freedom of individual modification.<br />
<br />
Also, we can easily see that there are so many FDM 3D printers now, but most of them are somewhat originated from the RepRap model. The important point of self replicating 3D printer is not a new method to make a 3D printer, but a new method to teach people how to develop 3D printers.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
''2) A not so important event in the progression of this technology (something overhyped perhaps?)<br />
<br />
2011 Jan: 3d printing now in Titanium! (Charlie Sorrel on Wired.com) [25] Summary: The article discusses the advancements in 3D printing, specifically Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) to print with titanium.<br />
<br />
I think this event is quite hyped. When people see the topic about metal printing, they get extremely excited. However, the metal printing still needs a long way to go. I have looked up about metal 3D printing before, and I know there are some successful 3D printed metal parts. Unfortunately, few of them have real commercial and practical value to be applied. Current technology to print metal have a lot for limitation including the size and overhanging issues. The most important is that they are extremely expensive and needs long lead time. Their property is not as good as their most competitive manufacture method - powder metallurgy. They are also mainly working in labs instead of commercial application. I would like to say that the metal printing is still not passing its milestone.<br />
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<br />
''3) Something which you found interesting which you would like to think or speak more about. This might overlap with #1 a bit, depending.<br />
<br />
2008 Nov: Thingiverse is launched, the first website where people can uplaoad their own 3D models for people to print out, open sourcing at its finest, what will you upload?<br />
<br />
Although this event may not have a really big impact on the 3D printing technology, it does help a lot on the promotion of domestic or individual 3D printing application. It just create huge interests towards the realization of CAD model. It also provides a convenient platform for people to communicate 3D printing user experience.<br />
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=Blog 6: Project=<br />
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''What projects do you think would be a logical next step for us to pursue? These may be things you see others doing elsewhere, or ideas of your own to push the boundaries of what we are using. <br />
<br />
'' We have been putting in significant effort to upkeep the printers we have, but as we get good at that, where might we go next?<br />
<br />
''What would enhance our capabilities or put a new twist on what we are doing?<br />
<br />
Several things I consider may improve the printer service we have here.<br />
The first thing is to have a device to measure the relative displacement between the filament extrusion length and the driving gear movement. There should be a sweep point of slip ratio of this and we can test it. In current printing, we will always need to manually adjust it with our sense, and it can affect the printing material density a lot. So I want to find a convenient and quantitative way to solve it.<br />
Another thing I may consider is to make a tool for easy removal of support material. In my consideration, it may be achieve by mechanical removal or thermal removal. In mechanical removal, we should make tool that can remove things that our current tool cannot approach. If we try to use thermal removal, we will need to limit the heat range of the tool to ensure we do not damage other region. This tool may also be used to smooth the surface and remove trip material.<br />
Our management of printer may need to be improved. People use the printer without permission and regulation cause that the repairing cost of our printers are extremely high. People also spend a lot of time on finding a tool or a part. There are a big possibility the good parts will be mixed with small parts. If we can improve the management, our printer will be much more robust.<br />
We may try to make a food printing. There are already some commercial application, but I consider we can use open source to try to build our own. I consider the chocolate will be the first one to try. It can be interesting and a good demo to show.<br />
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=Blog 7: Research Application=<br />
''Read this -<br />
''http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/feb/21/3d-printing-offer-developing-savings-replica-kit<br />
''What do you think about this idea? Can you think of any examples of cheap research equipment we have made?<br />
<br />
I think that idea is cool and applicable for many researches. I actually plan to print a piece this spring break for our research project. Our project is to rebuild a shear testing system, and we have changed a new mechanical shaker. We need to build a connector to connect the shaker to our designed test frame. However, it can take some effort to build it by manual machining. So my plan is to utilize 3D printing to do it.<br />
<br />
''Read this - <br />
''http://www.kurzweilai.net/how-to-build-a-low-cost-afm-nanoscope-out-of-lego-arduino-board<br />
''What do you think of this? Does it seem printable to you? Why or why not? Relate it back to the first article. Discuss the importance (or lack thereof) of open source in this<br />
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This is also interesting for me. I used to do robot competition by LEGO in my high school, so I am quite familiar with parts they have used. This part is definitely printable. However, the quality of the part may not be that good, as LEGO demand a fair accuracy to use in such nanoscope. However, for this particular project, it is not worthy to print the parts. The reason is that LEGO’s part is generated accurately and inexpensive by inject molding. It is not worth for 3D printing to print something that is easy to manufacture by traditional methods and inexpensive to buy. I feel that you cannot say too much about the importance of open source in this nanoscope. This news really doesn’t have enough details for how this nanoscope is build. It seems the LEGO only works as structure support and the optical and electrical devices are bought from company.</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=118628User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-02-26T20:24:26Z<p>Dzy5042: /* Blog 6: Project */</p>
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
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=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
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''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
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[[File:gyrornament.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
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This just looks so beautiful. The original design of gyrornament is made by ivory, which are mostly acquired from illegal source. I think that to some extent, 3D printed pla has certain similarity with ivory on artistic value except the price. At first this thing seems to be extremely difficult to print, but the feedback on thingiverse are generally positive. [http://http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:192325 Source]<br />
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[[File:octopus stand.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
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This thing just tend to be funny in its design. The idea of tablet stand is not novel and very straight forward to everyone. Most to cases, I see designs in this category just tend to focus on its functionality. This octopus tablet just seems to be so interesting on its appearance. I probably will say no to this design if I want to buy a tablet stand, and I think most people consider octopus tentacles as disgusting. However, this design is so funny when you see it at the first time. [http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61718 Source]<br />
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[[File:hex tie.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is useless'''<br />
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The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
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[[File:earbud case.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is useful'''<br />
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This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
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[[File:sneaker.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is surprising to me'''<br />
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I never imagined that 3D printer can print such a flexible product as sneakers. The author said that he use FILAFLEX Elastic filament 3mm. I don't know what printer is needed for this filament, but this sneaker just looks so innovative and the design is cool. By the way, the author also has made some printing video of sneakers, and it looks amazing. The elastic filament may point out another world for 3D printed products. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:154188 Source]<br />
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=Blog 2: OSE project=<br />
''We were asked to research about OSE projects and respond to the following:<br />
<br />
''A) I want your general impressions of the OSE project; positive, negative, utopian, etc. Please do a bit more research than just viewing the video, as it is now several years old and they have made some progress since then. Links to more recent videos and media will earn you a better blog. <br />
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''B) The New Yorker magazine recently had a fairly critical article regarding Marcin's OSE project. Find/link that article and summarize its critique. Marcin had a response to that: I'd like your response to both of these pieces. <br />
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''C) Imagine we want to create capabilities similar to what Marcin has made at PSU (something like an OSE student club, or another effort). I don't think the administration or trustees would support such a thing, but there might be professors who are interested in supporting such a thing. Do you know any of them? What do they do, and why do you think they would be interested in such a project? Imagine you are looking for allies to do such a thing. Whom is on your list and why?<br />
<br />
Here are my answers:<br />
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A) My general impressions of the OSE project is not positive. I would not say that I totally disagree with their idea, but I don’t think that should be the way to do. Marcin stated his inspiration was from the broken tools in his own farming business. Because of that, he wanted to look for a more efficient and durable product and decided to make his own. <br />
Many engineers followed his idea and made their contribution to this open source product design. However, unlike the open source 3D printer, I don’t think tractor can be replicated perfectly through the open source sharing. Two critical reasons are: 1. Durability and safety issues. 2. Sustainability and environmental impact.<br />
If you mess up with your 3D printer, the worst thing probably happens may just be that your printer is broken. However, if something wrong when you operate these hardware, you may get injured. Even Marci’s team can have their open design blueprint with enough safety consideration. There will be a lot of safety issues when people try to DIY their products.<br />
Another thing I thought may be problematic is about environmental impact. Although I consider economics concepts are not very useful in a real world, but I do agree that the specialization could make this world better. What I see from OSE project are they trying to make an individual capable of doing all the stuffs. In small-scale production, that can be effective. However, it won’t be efficient in resource distribution if this project becomes a mainstream production.<br />
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B) http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/12/23/131223fa_fact_eakin<br />
In general, the author thought the OSE project was too utopian. For more details, the environmental condition of e farm village was too hard to handle by project volunteers. Project volunteers were less skilled compared to expectation. The whole project was really struggling rather than the beautiful and efficient image in Marci’s head. The author consider the OSE project is too idealistic and Marci always try to use passion to solve the problem which is not appropriate.<br />
I also found some responses from MJ on the OSE official facebook. In generaly Marci held an open mind to what has been told in Emily's article, he also shared the link to access the New Yorker and called it a great article. I accepted they had missed some points during the project. However, he didn't think what they have done are utopia. He thought they made their effort and what they have experienced will become the precious material to teach the followers. <br />
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C) I think the ecocar team probably will have interests on auto parts DIY sharing. However, I still feel negative about this idea and think the open source sharing should be limited to simple mechanical parts and systems.<br />
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=Blog 3: Robohand=<br />
''We were asked to response to a 3D printed Robohand aimed to help disabled people:<br />
<br />
<br />
''Who created this design and when/where was it done? <br />
<br />
The design was originated from Ivan Owen and Richard Van, and the metal prototype was created in November 2012. At January 2013, the 3D printer version has been put online with free instruction. Then 2 months ago, Mason Wilde, 16 years old high school student, used a 3D printer in the Johnson County Library made a Robohand.<br />
<br />
<br />
''If you wanted to make one, where would you go to get it? <br />
<br />
I will get the CAD files from the Thingiverse. Several things will be needed as mentioned in the ariticle: a drill, a pair of pliers, and about $60 worth of materials, including a dye kit, nylon string and hard plastic for the gauntlet. I may download Makerware or use Solidworks to do some necessary adjustments about CAD files. Then I will find a free 3D printer, maybe just in our 3D printing club, print out parts and assembly them together. <br />
<br />
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''How many news articles can you find which reference this technology?<br />
<br />
Here are some relevant news that I can find and I can be sure there are more:<br />
<br />
“Kansas Teen Uses 3-D Printer To Make Hand For Boy”, http://www.wibwnewsnow.com/kansas-teen-uses-3-d-printer-make-hand-boy/<br />
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“Teen Crafts 3D-Printed 'Robohand' for Fingerless Boy”, http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2430396,00.asp<br />
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“Teen uses 3D printer to create 'Robohand' for fingerless boy”, http://www.itproportal.com/2014/02/07/teen-uses-3d-printer-to-create-robohand-for-fingerless-boy/?utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itproportal%2Frss+(Latest+ITProPortal+News)&utm_source=feedburner<br />
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“'Robohand' given to West Michigan preschooler proving to be life-changing”, http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/01/robohand_given_to_preschooler.html<br />
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“3D-printed prosthetics: How a $100 arm is giving hope to Sudan's 50,000 war amputees”, http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/3dprinted-prosthetics-how-a-100-arm-is-giving-hope-to-sudans-50000-war-amputees-9071708.html<br />
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“Boy Receives 3D Printed Prosthetic Hand”, http://www.ubergizmo.com/2014/02/boy-receives-3d-printed-prosthetic-hand/<br />
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=Blog 4: Response to blog 2=<br />
<br />
'' We are asked to read our teammates blogs, as well as the blogs of at least 5 other students in class this semester. I would like you to find any thoughtful points made by others which you did not note yourself in Blog 2.<br />
<br />
Here are some good points I found in my classmates' blogs:<br />
<br />
''Vinny Iachini<br />
<br />
The skill needed for assembling and the cost of maintenance has been mentioned, which is crucial for realizing the project. In the farm project, the food problem is a problem I did not mention in my blog.<br />
<br />
''Yuchao Yuan<br />
<br />
Yuchao focuses on the safety issue which totally agrees with me. Besides that, Yuchao mentioned that one advantage of this project might be that since you already understand the mechanism and structure of your DIY product, you should be very easy to figure out the problems when something is broken. This might be true in some circumstances, but I thought the untested machine can also have problems that they do not consider before or hard to repair.<br />
<br />
''Yuan Chai<br />
Yuan has a doubt on the learning curve for other person try to make the projects in OSE website. He gives the power cube as the example. He thinks that it will need an integration of knowledge from various subjects and majors. He also doubts that different people may use different materials to build a same structure, which may lead to problem in practical using. He also thinks that the economic and environmental impact of these products are usually bad, which agrees with me. Yuan believes that even though this project is not suitable for a normal person or engineer to perform, it can have innovative value on education aspect.<br />
<br />
''Kyle Casterline<br />
<br />
Kyle also mentioned the safety issue. Also, he considered that some parts in “50 things” may not be able to be fabricated by DIY at all. For example, the optical parts in laser cut need a very professional manufacture method. If the project team just buy parts from industry and assembly them, it may not considered success on criteria of OSE project.<br />
<br />
''Graham Deever<br />
<br />
Graham has an interest to make the OSE project develop as a think-tank club in PSU, which I consider interesting. He also discusses the possibility to make this club and how the 3D printer may help in this project.<br />
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<br />
=Blog 5: RepRap Timeline=<br />
<br />
''We are asked to go through the media timeline on RepRap wiki site and answer several questions.<br />
<br />
''1) An event very important in the progression of 3D printing technology (open source or not)<br />
<br />
2004: Adrian Bowyer publishes the idea for a self replicating 3D printer, and concept of the RepRap is born! More on the RepRap About Page About<br />
I think this is very important to 3D printing technology, especially for the open source part. The reason of that is this event eventually push the 3D printer to the desktop level and attracted many individual users. More important, it allow that people can actually development their own printers. <br />
<br />
For example, there is no way that a people can upgrade his mobile phone by themselves. This might be the issue about patent. However, more important, the company fix the frame and the scope of their product. You cannot use other parts you DIY or from other brands in your phone. You have to use the parts manufactured by the company which is not only expensive but also limits the freedom of individual modification.<br />
<br />
Also, we can easily see that there are so many FDM 3D printers now, but most of them are somewhat originated from the RepRap model. The important point of self replicating 3D printer is not a new method to make a 3D printer, but a new method to teach people how to develop 3D printers.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
''2) A not so important event in the progression of this technology (something overhyped perhaps?)<br />
<br />
2011 Jan: 3d printing now in Titanium! (Charlie Sorrel on Wired.com) [25] Summary: The article discusses the advancements in 3D printing, specifically Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) to print with titanium.<br />
<br />
I think this event is quite hyped. When people see the topic about metal printing, they get extremely excited. However, the metal printing still needs a long way to go. I have looked up about metal 3D printing before, and I know there are some successful 3D printed metal parts. Unfortunately, few of them have real commercial and practical value to be applied. Current technology to print metal have a lot for limitation including the size and overhanging issues. The most important is that they are extremely expensive and needs long lead time. Their property is not as good as their most competitive manufacture method - powder metallurgy. They are also mainly working in labs instead of commercial application. I would like to say that the metal printing is still not passing its milestone.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
''3) Something which you found interesting which you would like to think or speak more about. This might overlap with #1 a bit, depending.<br />
<br />
2008 Nov: Thingiverse is launched, the first website where people can uplaoad their own 3D models for people to print out, open sourcing at its finest, what will you upload?<br />
<br />
Although this event may not have a really big impact on the 3D printing technology, it does help a lot on the promotion of domestic or individual 3D printing application. It just create huge interests towards the realization of CAD model. It also provides a convenient platform for people to communicate 3D printing user experience.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
=Blog 6: Project=<br />
<br />
''What projects do you think would be a logical next step for us to pursue? These may be things you see others doing elsewhere, or ideas of your own to push the boundaries of what we are using. <br />
<br />
'' We have been putting in significant effort to upkeep the printers we have, but as we get good at that, where might we go next?<br />
<br />
''What would enhance our capabilities or put a new twist on what we are doing?<br />
<br />
Several things I consider may improve the printer service we have here.<br />
The first thing is to have a device to measure the relative displacement between the filament extrusion length and the driving gear movement. There should be a sweep point of slip ratio of this and we can test it. In current printing, we will always need to manually adjust it with our sense, and it can affect the printing material density a lot. So I want to find a convenient and quantitative way to solve it.<br />
Another thing I may consider is to make a tool for easy removal of support material. In my consideration, it may be achieve by mechanical removal or thermal removal. In mechanical removal, we should make tool that can remove things that our current tool cannot approach. If we try to use thermal removal, we will need to limit the heat range of the tool to ensure we do not damage other region. This tool may also be used to smooth the surface and remove trip material.<br />
Our management of printer may need to be improved. People use the printer without permission and regulation cause that the repairing cost of our printers are extremely high. People also spend a lot of time on finding a tool or a part. There are a big possibility the good parts will be mixed with small parts. If we can improve the management, our printer will be much more robust.<br />
We may try to make a food printing. There are already some commercial application, but I consider we can use open source to try to build our own. I consider the chocolate will be the first one to try. It can be interesting and a good demo to show.</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=118627User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-02-26T20:24:09Z<p>Dzy5042: /* Blog 6: Project */</p>
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
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=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
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''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
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[[File:gyrornament.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
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This just looks so beautiful. The original design of gyrornament is made by ivory, which are mostly acquired from illegal source. I think that to some extent, 3D printed pla has certain similarity with ivory on artistic value except the price. At first this thing seems to be extremely difficult to print, but the feedback on thingiverse are generally positive. [http://http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:192325 Source]<br />
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[[File:octopus stand.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
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This thing just tend to be funny in its design. The idea of tablet stand is not novel and very straight forward to everyone. Most to cases, I see designs in this category just tend to focus on its functionality. This octopus tablet just seems to be so interesting on its appearance. I probably will say no to this design if I want to buy a tablet stand, and I think most people consider octopus tentacles as disgusting. However, this design is so funny when you see it at the first time. [http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61718 Source]<br />
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[[File:hex tie.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is useless'''<br />
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The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
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[[File:earbud case.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is useful'''<br />
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This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
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[[File:sneaker.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is surprising to me'''<br />
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I never imagined that 3D printer can print such a flexible product as sneakers. The author said that he use FILAFLEX Elastic filament 3mm. I don't know what printer is needed for this filament, but this sneaker just looks so innovative and the design is cool. By the way, the author also has made some printing video of sneakers, and it looks amazing. The elastic filament may point out another world for 3D printed products. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:154188 Source]<br />
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=Blog 2: OSE project=<br />
''We were asked to research about OSE projects and respond to the following:<br />
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''A) I want your general impressions of the OSE project; positive, negative, utopian, etc. Please do a bit more research than just viewing the video, as it is now several years old and they have made some progress since then. Links to more recent videos and media will earn you a better blog. <br />
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''B) The New Yorker magazine recently had a fairly critical article regarding Marcin's OSE project. Find/link that article and summarize its critique. Marcin had a response to that: I'd like your response to both of these pieces. <br />
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''C) Imagine we want to create capabilities similar to what Marcin has made at PSU (something like an OSE student club, or another effort). I don't think the administration or trustees would support such a thing, but there might be professors who are interested in supporting such a thing. Do you know any of them? What do they do, and why do you think they would be interested in such a project? Imagine you are looking for allies to do such a thing. Whom is on your list and why?<br />
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Here are my answers:<br />
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A) My general impressions of the OSE project is not positive. I would not say that I totally disagree with their idea, but I don’t think that should be the way to do. Marcin stated his inspiration was from the broken tools in his own farming business. Because of that, he wanted to look for a more efficient and durable product and decided to make his own. <br />
Many engineers followed his idea and made their contribution to this open source product design. However, unlike the open source 3D printer, I don’t think tractor can be replicated perfectly through the open source sharing. Two critical reasons are: 1. Durability and safety issues. 2. Sustainability and environmental impact.<br />
If you mess up with your 3D printer, the worst thing probably happens may just be that your printer is broken. However, if something wrong when you operate these hardware, you may get injured. Even Marci’s team can have their open design blueprint with enough safety consideration. There will be a lot of safety issues when people try to DIY their products.<br />
Another thing I thought may be problematic is about environmental impact. Although I consider economics concepts are not very useful in a real world, but I do agree that the specialization could make this world better. What I see from OSE project are they trying to make an individual capable of doing all the stuffs. In small-scale production, that can be effective. However, it won’t be efficient in resource distribution if this project becomes a mainstream production.<br />
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B) http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/12/23/131223fa_fact_eakin<br />
In general, the author thought the OSE project was too utopian. For more details, the environmental condition of e farm village was too hard to handle by project volunteers. Project volunteers were less skilled compared to expectation. The whole project was really struggling rather than the beautiful and efficient image in Marci’s head. The author consider the OSE project is too idealistic and Marci always try to use passion to solve the problem which is not appropriate.<br />
I also found some responses from MJ on the OSE official facebook. In generaly Marci held an open mind to what has been told in Emily's article, he also shared the link to access the New Yorker and called it a great article. I accepted they had missed some points during the project. However, he didn't think what they have done are utopia. He thought they made their effort and what they have experienced will become the precious material to teach the followers. <br />
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C) I think the ecocar team probably will have interests on auto parts DIY sharing. However, I still feel negative about this idea and think the open source sharing should be limited to simple mechanical parts and systems.<br />
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=Blog 3: Robohand=<br />
''We were asked to response to a 3D printed Robohand aimed to help disabled people:<br />
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''Who created this design and when/where was it done? <br />
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The design was originated from Ivan Owen and Richard Van, and the metal prototype was created in November 2012. At January 2013, the 3D printer version has been put online with free instruction. Then 2 months ago, Mason Wilde, 16 years old high school student, used a 3D printer in the Johnson County Library made a Robohand.<br />
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''If you wanted to make one, where would you go to get it? <br />
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I will get the CAD files from the Thingiverse. Several things will be needed as mentioned in the ariticle: a drill, a pair of pliers, and about $60 worth of materials, including a dye kit, nylon string and hard plastic for the gauntlet. I may download Makerware or use Solidworks to do some necessary adjustments about CAD files. Then I will find a free 3D printer, maybe just in our 3D printing club, print out parts and assembly them together. <br />
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''How many news articles can you find which reference this technology?<br />
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Here are some relevant news that I can find and I can be sure there are more:<br />
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“Kansas Teen Uses 3-D Printer To Make Hand For Boy”, http://www.wibwnewsnow.com/kansas-teen-uses-3-d-printer-make-hand-boy/<br />
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“Teen Crafts 3D-Printed 'Robohand' for Fingerless Boy”, http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2430396,00.asp<br />
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“Teen uses 3D printer to create 'Robohand' for fingerless boy”, http://www.itproportal.com/2014/02/07/teen-uses-3d-printer-to-create-robohand-for-fingerless-boy/?utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itproportal%2Frss+(Latest+ITProPortal+News)&utm_source=feedburner<br />
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“'Robohand' given to West Michigan preschooler proving to be life-changing”, http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/01/robohand_given_to_preschooler.html<br />
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“3D-printed prosthetics: How a $100 arm is giving hope to Sudan's 50,000 war amputees”, http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/3dprinted-prosthetics-how-a-100-arm-is-giving-hope-to-sudans-50000-war-amputees-9071708.html<br />
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“Boy Receives 3D Printed Prosthetic Hand”, http://www.ubergizmo.com/2014/02/boy-receives-3d-printed-prosthetic-hand/<br />
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=Blog 4: Response to blog 2=<br />
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'' We are asked to read our teammates blogs, as well as the blogs of at least 5 other students in class this semester. I would like you to find any thoughtful points made by others which you did not note yourself in Blog 2.<br />
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Here are some good points I found in my classmates' blogs:<br />
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''Vinny Iachini<br />
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The skill needed for assembling and the cost of maintenance has been mentioned, which is crucial for realizing the project. In the farm project, the food problem is a problem I did not mention in my blog.<br />
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''Yuchao Yuan<br />
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Yuchao focuses on the safety issue which totally agrees with me. Besides that, Yuchao mentioned that one advantage of this project might be that since you already understand the mechanism and structure of your DIY product, you should be very easy to figure out the problems when something is broken. This might be true in some circumstances, but I thought the untested machine can also have problems that they do not consider before or hard to repair.<br />
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''Yuan Chai<br />
Yuan has a doubt on the learning curve for other person try to make the projects in OSE website. He gives the power cube as the example. He thinks that it will need an integration of knowledge from various subjects and majors. He also doubts that different people may use different materials to build a same structure, which may lead to problem in practical using. He also thinks that the economic and environmental impact of these products are usually bad, which agrees with me. Yuan believes that even though this project is not suitable for a normal person or engineer to perform, it can have innovative value on education aspect.<br />
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''Kyle Casterline<br />
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Kyle also mentioned the safety issue. Also, he considered that some parts in “50 things” may not be able to be fabricated by DIY at all. For example, the optical parts in laser cut need a very professional manufacture method. If the project team just buy parts from industry and assembly them, it may not considered success on criteria of OSE project.<br />
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''Graham Deever<br />
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Graham has an interest to make the OSE project develop as a think-tank club in PSU, which I consider interesting. He also discusses the possibility to make this club and how the 3D printer may help in this project.<br />
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=Blog 5: RepRap Timeline=<br />
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''We are asked to go through the media timeline on RepRap wiki site and answer several questions.<br />
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''1) An event very important in the progression of 3D printing technology (open source or not)<br />
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2004: Adrian Bowyer publishes the idea for a self replicating 3D printer, and concept of the RepRap is born! More on the RepRap About Page About<br />
I think this is very important to 3D printing technology, especially for the open source part. The reason of that is this event eventually push the 3D printer to the desktop level and attracted many individual users. More important, it allow that people can actually development their own printers. <br />
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For example, there is no way that a people can upgrade his mobile phone by themselves. This might be the issue about patent. However, more important, the company fix the frame and the scope of their product. You cannot use other parts you DIY or from other brands in your phone. You have to use the parts manufactured by the company which is not only expensive but also limits the freedom of individual modification.<br />
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Also, we can easily see that there are so many FDM 3D printers now, but most of them are somewhat originated from the RepRap model. The important point of self replicating 3D printer is not a new method to make a 3D printer, but a new method to teach people how to develop 3D printers.<br />
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''2) A not so important event in the progression of this technology (something overhyped perhaps?)<br />
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2011 Jan: 3d printing now in Titanium! (Charlie Sorrel on Wired.com) [25] Summary: The article discusses the advancements in 3D printing, specifically Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) to print with titanium.<br />
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I think this event is quite hyped. When people see the topic about metal printing, they get extremely excited. However, the metal printing still needs a long way to go. I have looked up about metal 3D printing before, and I know there are some successful 3D printed metal parts. Unfortunately, few of them have real commercial and practical value to be applied. Current technology to print metal have a lot for limitation including the size and overhanging issues. The most important is that they are extremely expensive and needs long lead time. Their property is not as good as their most competitive manufacture method - powder metallurgy. They are also mainly working in labs instead of commercial application. I would like to say that the metal printing is still not passing its milestone.<br />
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''3) Something which you found interesting which you would like to think or speak more about. This might overlap with #1 a bit, depending.<br />
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2008 Nov: Thingiverse is launched, the first website where people can uplaoad their own 3D models for people to print out, open sourcing at its finest, what will you upload?<br />
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Although this event may not have a really big impact on the 3D printing technology, it does help a lot on the promotion of domestic or individual 3D printing application. It just create huge interests towards the realization of CAD model. It also provides a convenient platform for people to communicate 3D printing user experience.<br />
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=Blog 6: Project=<br />
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''What projects do you think would be a logical next step for us to pursue? These may be things you see others doing elsewhere, or ideas of your own to push the boundaries of what we are using. <br />
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'' We have been putting in significant effort to upkeep the printers we have, but as we get good at that, where might we go next?<br />
What would enhance our capabilities or put a new twist on what we are doing?<br />
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Several things I consider may improve the printer service we have here.<br />
The first thing is to have a device to measure the relative displacement between the filament extrusion length and the driving gear movement. There should be a sweep point of slip ratio of this and we can test it. In current printing, we will always need to manually adjust it with our sense, and it can affect the printing material density a lot. So I want to find a convenient and quantitative way to solve it.<br />
Another thing I may consider is to make a tool for easy removal of support material. In my consideration, it may be achieve by mechanical removal or thermal removal. In mechanical removal, we should make tool that can remove things that our current tool cannot approach. If we try to use thermal removal, we will need to limit the heat range of the tool to ensure we do not damage other region. This tool may also be used to smooth the surface and remove trip material.<br />
Our management of printer may need to be improved. People use the printer without permission and regulation cause that the repairing cost of our printers are extremely high. People also spend a lot of time on finding a tool or a part. There are a big possibility the good parts will be mixed with small parts. If we can improve the management, our printer will be much more robust.<br />
We may try to make a food printing. There are already some commercial application, but I consider we can use open source to try to build our own. I consider the chocolate will be the first one to try. It can be interesting and a good demo to show.</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=118625User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-02-26T19:57:43Z<p>Dzy5042: </p>
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=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
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''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
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[[File:gyrornament.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
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This just looks so beautiful. The original design of gyrornament is made by ivory, which are mostly acquired from illegal source. I think that to some extent, 3D printed pla has certain similarity with ivory on artistic value except the price. At first this thing seems to be extremely difficult to print, but the feedback on thingiverse are generally positive. [http://http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:192325 Source]<br />
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[[File:octopus stand.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
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This thing just tend to be funny in its design. The idea of tablet stand is not novel and very straight forward to everyone. Most to cases, I see designs in this category just tend to focus on its functionality. This octopus tablet just seems to be so interesting on its appearance. I probably will say no to this design if I want to buy a tablet stand, and I think most people consider octopus tentacles as disgusting. However, this design is so funny when you see it at the first time. [http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61718 Source]<br />
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[[File:hex tie.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is useless'''<br />
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The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
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[[File:earbud case.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is useful'''<br />
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This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
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[[File:sneaker.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is surprising to me'''<br />
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I never imagined that 3D printer can print such a flexible product as sneakers. The author said that he use FILAFLEX Elastic filament 3mm. I don't know what printer is needed for this filament, but this sneaker just looks so innovative and the design is cool. By the way, the author also has made some printing video of sneakers, and it looks amazing. The elastic filament may point out another world for 3D printed products. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:154188 Source]<br />
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=Blog 2: OSE project=<br />
''We were asked to research about OSE projects and respond to the following:<br />
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''A) I want your general impressions of the OSE project; positive, negative, utopian, etc. Please do a bit more research than just viewing the video, as it is now several years old and they have made some progress since then. Links to more recent videos and media will earn you a better blog. <br />
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''B) The New Yorker magazine recently had a fairly critical article regarding Marcin's OSE project. Find/link that article and summarize its critique. Marcin had a response to that: I'd like your response to both of these pieces. <br />
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''C) Imagine we want to create capabilities similar to what Marcin has made at PSU (something like an OSE student club, or another effort). I don't think the administration or trustees would support such a thing, but there might be professors who are interested in supporting such a thing. Do you know any of them? What do they do, and why do you think they would be interested in such a project? Imagine you are looking for allies to do such a thing. Whom is on your list and why?<br />
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Here are my answers:<br />
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A) My general impressions of the OSE project is not positive. I would not say that I totally disagree with their idea, but I don’t think that should be the way to do. Marcin stated his inspiration was from the broken tools in his own farming business. Because of that, he wanted to look for a more efficient and durable product and decided to make his own. <br />
Many engineers followed his idea and made their contribution to this open source product design. However, unlike the open source 3D printer, I don’t think tractor can be replicated perfectly through the open source sharing. Two critical reasons are: 1. Durability and safety issues. 2. Sustainability and environmental impact.<br />
If you mess up with your 3D printer, the worst thing probably happens may just be that your printer is broken. However, if something wrong when you operate these hardware, you may get injured. Even Marci’s team can have their open design blueprint with enough safety consideration. There will be a lot of safety issues when people try to DIY their products.<br />
Another thing I thought may be problematic is about environmental impact. Although I consider economics concepts are not very useful in a real world, but I do agree that the specialization could make this world better. What I see from OSE project are they trying to make an individual capable of doing all the stuffs. In small-scale production, that can be effective. However, it won’t be efficient in resource distribution if this project becomes a mainstream production.<br />
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B) http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/12/23/131223fa_fact_eakin<br />
In general, the author thought the OSE project was too utopian. For more details, the environmental condition of e farm village was too hard to handle by project volunteers. Project volunteers were less skilled compared to expectation. The whole project was really struggling rather than the beautiful and efficient image in Marci’s head. The author consider the OSE project is too idealistic and Marci always try to use passion to solve the problem which is not appropriate.<br />
I also found some responses from MJ on the OSE official facebook. In generaly Marci held an open mind to what has been told in Emily's article, he also shared the link to access the New Yorker and called it a great article. I accepted they had missed some points during the project. However, he didn't think what they have done are utopia. He thought they made their effort and what they have experienced will become the precious material to teach the followers. <br />
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C) I think the ecocar team probably will have interests on auto parts DIY sharing. However, I still feel negative about this idea and think the open source sharing should be limited to simple mechanical parts and systems.<br />
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=Blog 3: Robohand=<br />
''We were asked to response to a 3D printed Robohand aimed to help disabled people:<br />
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''Who created this design and when/where was it done? <br />
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The design was originated from Ivan Owen and Richard Van, and the metal prototype was created in November 2012. At January 2013, the 3D printer version has been put online with free instruction. Then 2 months ago, Mason Wilde, 16 years old high school student, used a 3D printer in the Johnson County Library made a Robohand.<br />
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''If you wanted to make one, where would you go to get it? <br />
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I will get the CAD files from the Thingiverse. Several things will be needed as mentioned in the ariticle: a drill, a pair of pliers, and about $60 worth of materials, including a dye kit, nylon string and hard plastic for the gauntlet. I may download Makerware or use Solidworks to do some necessary adjustments about CAD files. Then I will find a free 3D printer, maybe just in our 3D printing club, print out parts and assembly them together. <br />
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''How many news articles can you find which reference this technology?<br />
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Here are some relevant news that I can find and I can be sure there are more:<br />
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“Kansas Teen Uses 3-D Printer To Make Hand For Boy”, http://www.wibwnewsnow.com/kansas-teen-uses-3-d-printer-make-hand-boy/<br />
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“Teen Crafts 3D-Printed 'Robohand' for Fingerless Boy”, http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2430396,00.asp<br />
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“Teen uses 3D printer to create 'Robohand' for fingerless boy”, http://www.itproportal.com/2014/02/07/teen-uses-3d-printer-to-create-robohand-for-fingerless-boy/?utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itproportal%2Frss+(Latest+ITProPortal+News)&utm_source=feedburner<br />
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“'Robohand' given to West Michigan preschooler proving to be life-changing”, http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/01/robohand_given_to_preschooler.html<br />
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“3D-printed prosthetics: How a $100 arm is giving hope to Sudan's 50,000 war amputees”, http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/3dprinted-prosthetics-how-a-100-arm-is-giving-hope-to-sudans-50000-war-amputees-9071708.html<br />
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“Boy Receives 3D Printed Prosthetic Hand”, http://www.ubergizmo.com/2014/02/boy-receives-3d-printed-prosthetic-hand/<br />
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=Blog 4: Response to blog 2=<br />
<br />
'' We are asked to read our teammates blogs, as well as the blogs of at least 5 other students in class this semester. I would like you to find any thoughtful points made by others which you did not note yourself in Blog 2.<br />
<br />
Here are some good points I found in my classmates' blogs:<br />
<br />
''Vinny Iachini<br />
<br />
The skill needed for assembling and the cost of maintenance has been mentioned, which is crucial for realizing the project. In the farm project, the food problem is a problem I did not mention in my blog.<br />
<br />
''Yuchao Yuan<br />
<br />
Yuchao focuses on the safety issue which totally agrees with me. Besides that, Yuchao mentioned that one advantage of this project might be that since you already understand the mechanism and structure of your DIY product, you should be very easy to figure out the problems when something is broken. This might be true in some circumstances, but I thought the untested machine can also have problems that they do not consider before or hard to repair.<br />
<br />
''Yuan Chai<br />
Yuan has a doubt on the learning curve for other person try to make the projects in OSE website. He gives the power cube as the example. He thinks that it will need an integration of knowledge from various subjects and majors. He also doubts that different people may use different materials to build a same structure, which may lead to problem in practical using. He also thinks that the economic and environmental impact of these products are usually bad, which agrees with me. Yuan believes that even though this project is not suitable for a normal person or engineer to perform, it can have innovative value on education aspect.<br />
<br />
''Kyle Casterline<br />
<br />
Kyle also mentioned the safety issue. Also, he considered that some parts in “50 things” may not be able to be fabricated by DIY at all. For example, the optical parts in laser cut need a very professional manufacture method. If the project team just buy parts from industry and assembly them, it may not considered success on criteria of OSE project.<br />
<br />
''Graham Deever<br />
<br />
Graham has an interest to make the OSE project develop as a think-tank club in PSU, which I consider interesting. He also discusses the possibility to make this club and how the 3D printer may help in this project.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
=Blog 5: RepRap Timeline=<br />
<br />
''We are asked to go through the media timeline on RepRap wiki site and answer several questions.<br />
<br />
''1) An event very important in the progression of 3D printing technology (open source or not)<br />
<br />
2004: Adrian Bowyer publishes the idea for a self replicating 3D printer, and concept of the RepRap is born! More on the RepRap About Page About<br />
I think this is very important to 3D printing technology, especially for the open source part. The reason of that is this event eventually push the 3D printer to the desktop level and attracted many individual users. More important, it allow that people can actually development their own printers. <br />
<br />
For example, there is no way that a people can upgrade his mobile phone by themselves. This might be the issue about patent. However, more important, the company fix the frame and the scope of their product. You cannot use other parts you DIY or from other brands in your phone. You have to use the parts manufactured by the company which is not only expensive but also limits the freedom of individual modification.<br />
<br />
Also, we can easily see that there are so many FDM 3D printers now, but most of them are somewhat originated from the RepRap model. The important point of self replicating 3D printer is not a new method to make a 3D printer, but a new method to teach people how to develop 3D printers.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
''2) A not so important event in the progression of this technology (something overhyped perhaps?)<br />
<br />
2011 Jan: 3d printing now in Titanium! (Charlie Sorrel on Wired.com) [25] Summary: The article discusses the advancements in 3D printing, specifically Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) to print with titanium.<br />
<br />
I think this event is quite hyped. When people see the topic about metal printing, they get extremely excited. However, the metal printing still needs a long way to go. I have looked up about metal 3D printing before, and I know there are some successful 3D printed metal parts. Unfortunately, few of them have real commercial and practical value to be applied. Current technology to print metal have a lot for limitation including the size and overhanging issues. The most important is that they are extremely expensive and needs long lead time. Their property is not as good as their most competitive manufacture method - powder metallurgy. They are also mainly working in labs instead of commercial application. I would like to say that the metal printing is still not passing its milestone.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
''3) Something which you found interesting which you would like to think or speak more about. This might overlap with #1 a bit, depending.<br />
<br />
2008 Nov: Thingiverse is launched, the first website where people can uplaoad their own 3D models for people to print out, open sourcing at its finest, what will you upload?<br />
<br />
Although this event may not have a really big impact on the 3D printing technology, it does help a lot on the promotion of domestic or individual 3D printing application. It just create huge interests towards the realization of CAD model. It also provides a convenient platform for people to communicate 3D printing user experience.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
=Blog 6: Project=</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=118329User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-02-22T19:37:10Z<p>Dzy5042: /* Blog 5: RepRap Timeline */</p>
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
<br />
__TOC__<br />
<br />
=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
<br />
''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
<br />
[[File:gyrornament.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
<br />
This just looks so beautiful. The original design of gyrornament is made by ivory, which are mostly acquired from illegal source. I think that to some extent, 3D printed pla has certain similarity with ivory on artistic value except the price. At first this thing seems to be extremely difficult to print, but the feedback on thingiverse are generally positive. [http://http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:192325 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:octopus stand.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
<br />
This thing just tend to be funny in its design. The idea of tablet stand is not novel and very straight forward to everyone. Most to cases, I see designs in this category just tend to focus on its functionality. This octopus tablet just seems to be so interesting on its appearance. I probably will say no to this design if I want to buy a tablet stand, and I think most people consider octopus tentacles as disgusting. However, this design is so funny when you see it at the first time. [http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61718 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:hex tie.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is useless'''<br />
<br />
The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:earbud case.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is useful'''<br />
<br />
This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:sneaker.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is surprising to me'''<br />
<br />
I never imagined that 3D printer can print such a flexible product as sneakers. The author said that he use FILAFLEX Elastic filament 3mm. I don't know what printer is needed for this filament, but this sneaker just looks so innovative and the design is cool. By the way, the author also has made some printing video of sneakers, and it looks amazing. The elastic filament may point out another world for 3D printed products. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:154188 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
=Blog 2: OSE project=<br />
''We were asked to research about OSE projects and respond to the following:<br />
<br />
''A) I want your general impressions of the OSE project; positive, negative, utopian, etc. Please do a bit more research than just viewing the video, as it is now several years old and they have made some progress since then. Links to more recent videos and media will earn you a better blog. <br />
<br />
''B) The New Yorker magazine recently had a fairly critical article regarding Marcin's OSE project. Find/link that article and summarize its critique. Marcin had a response to that: I'd like your response to both of these pieces. <br />
<br />
''C) Imagine we want to create capabilities similar to what Marcin has made at PSU (something like an OSE student club, or another effort). I don't think the administration or trustees would support such a thing, but there might be professors who are interested in supporting such a thing. Do you know any of them? What do they do, and why do you think they would be interested in such a project? Imagine you are looking for allies to do such a thing. Whom is on your list and why?<br />
<br />
Here are my answers:<br />
<br />
A) My general impressions of the OSE project is not positive. I would not say that I totally disagree with their idea, but I don’t think that should be the way to do. Marcin stated his inspiration was from the broken tools in his own farming business. Because of that, he wanted to look for a more efficient and durable product and decided to make his own. <br />
Many engineers followed his idea and made their contribution to this open source product design. However, unlike the open source 3D printer, I don’t think tractor can be replicated perfectly through the open source sharing. Two critical reasons are: 1. Durability and safety issues. 2. Sustainability and environmental impact.<br />
If you mess up with your 3D printer, the worst thing probably happens may just be that your printer is broken. However, if something wrong when you operate these hardware, you may get injured. Even Marci’s team can have their open design blueprint with enough safety consideration. There will be a lot of safety issues when people try to DIY their products.<br />
Another thing I thought may be problematic is about environmental impact. Although I consider economics concepts are not very useful in a real world, but I do agree that the specialization could make this world better. What I see from OSE project are they trying to make an individual capable of doing all the stuffs. In small-scale production, that can be effective. However, it won’t be efficient in resource distribution if this project becomes a mainstream production.<br />
<br />
B) http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/12/23/131223fa_fact_eakin<br />
In general, the author thought the OSE project was too utopian. For more details, the environmental condition of e farm village was too hard to handle by project volunteers. Project volunteers were less skilled compared to expectation. The whole project was really struggling rather than the beautiful and efficient image in Marci’s head. The author consider the OSE project is too idealistic and Marci always try to use passion to solve the problem which is not appropriate.<br />
I also found some responses from MJ on the OSE official facebook. In generaly Marci held an open mind to what has been told in Emily's article, he also shared the link to access the New Yorker and called it a great article. I accepted they had missed some points during the project. However, he didn't think what they have done are utopia. He thought they made their effort and what they have experienced will become the precious material to teach the followers. <br />
<br />
C) I think the ecocar team probably will have interests on auto parts DIY sharing. However, I still feel negative about this idea and think the open source sharing should be limited to simple mechanical parts and systems.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
=Blog 3: Robohand=<br />
''We were asked to response to a 3D printed Robohand aimed to help disabled people:<br />
<br />
<br />
''Who created this design and when/where was it done? <br />
<br />
The design was originated from Ivan Owen and Richard Van, and the metal prototype was created in November 2012. At January 2013, the 3D printer version has been put online with free instruction. Then 2 months ago, Mason Wilde, 16 years old high school student, used a 3D printer in the Johnson County Library made a Robohand.<br />
<br />
<br />
''If you wanted to make one, where would you go to get it? <br />
<br />
I will get the CAD files from the Thingiverse. Several things will be needed as mentioned in the ariticle: a drill, a pair of pliers, and about $60 worth of materials, including a dye kit, nylon string and hard plastic for the gauntlet. I may download Makerware or use Solidworks to do some necessary adjustments about CAD files. Then I will find a free 3D printer, maybe just in our 3D printing club, print out parts and assembly them together. <br />
<br />
<br />
''How many news articles can you find which reference this technology?<br />
<br />
Here are some relevant news that I can find and I can be sure there are more:<br />
<br />
“Kansas Teen Uses 3-D Printer To Make Hand For Boy”, http://www.wibwnewsnow.com/kansas-teen-uses-3-d-printer-make-hand-boy/<br />
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“Teen Crafts 3D-Printed 'Robohand' for Fingerless Boy”, http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2430396,00.asp<br />
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“Teen uses 3D printer to create 'Robohand' for fingerless boy”, http://www.itproportal.com/2014/02/07/teen-uses-3d-printer-to-create-robohand-for-fingerless-boy/?utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itproportal%2Frss+(Latest+ITProPortal+News)&utm_source=feedburner<br />
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“'Robohand' given to West Michigan preschooler proving to be life-changing”, http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/01/robohand_given_to_preschooler.html<br />
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“3D-printed prosthetics: How a $100 arm is giving hope to Sudan's 50,000 war amputees”, http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/3dprinted-prosthetics-how-a-100-arm-is-giving-hope-to-sudans-50000-war-amputees-9071708.html<br />
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“Boy Receives 3D Printed Prosthetic Hand”, http://www.ubergizmo.com/2014/02/boy-receives-3d-printed-prosthetic-hand/<br />
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=Blog 4: Response to blog 2=<br />
<br />
'' We are asked to read our teammates blogs, as well as the blogs of at least 5 other students in class this semester. I would like you to find any thoughtful points made by others which you did not note yourself in Blog 2.<br />
<br />
Here are some good points I found in my classmates' blogs:<br />
<br />
''Vinny Iachini<br />
<br />
The skill needed for assembling and the cost of maintenance has been mentioned, which is crucial for realizing the project. In the farm project, the food problem is a problem I did not mention in my blog.<br />
<br />
''Yuchao Yuan<br />
<br />
Yuchao focuses on the safety issue which totally agrees with me. Besides that, Yuchao mentioned that one advantage of this project might be that since you already understand the mechanism and structure of your DIY product, you should be very easy to figure out the problems when something is broken. This might be true in some circumstances, but I thought the untested machine can also have problems that they do not consider before or hard to repair.<br />
<br />
''Yuan Chai<br />
Yuan has a doubt on the learning curve for other person try to make the projects in OSE website. He gives the power cube as the example. He thinks that it will need an integration of knowledge from various subjects and majors. He also doubts that different people may use different materials to build a same structure, which may lead to problem in practical using. He also thinks that the economic and environmental impact of these products are usually bad, which agrees with me. Yuan believes that even though this project is not suitable for a normal person or engineer to perform, it can have innovative value on education aspect.<br />
<br />
''Kyle Casterline<br />
<br />
Kyle also mentioned the safety issue. Also, he considered that some parts in “50 things” may not be able to be fabricated by DIY at all. For example, the optical parts in laser cut need a very professional manufacture method. If the project team just buy parts from industry and assembly them, it may not considered success on criteria of OSE project.<br />
<br />
''Graham Deever<br />
<br />
Graham has an interest to make the OSE project develop as a think-tank club in PSU, which I consider interesting. He also discusses the possibility to make this club and how the 3D printer may help in this project.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
=Blog 5: RepRap Timeline=<br />
<br />
''We are asked to go through the media timeline on RepRap wiki site and answer several questions.<br />
<br />
''1) An event very important in the progression of 3D printing technology (open source or not)<br />
<br />
2004: Adrian Bowyer publishes the idea for a self replicating 3D printer, and concept of the RepRap is born! More on the RepRap About Page About<br />
I think this is very important to 3D printing technology, especially for the open source part. The reason of that is this event eventually push the 3D printer to the desktop level and attracted many individual users. More important, it allow that people can actually development their own printers. <br />
<br />
For example, there is no way that a people can upgrade his mobile phone by themselves. This might be the issue about patent. However, more important, the company fix the frame and the scope of their product. You cannot use other parts you DIY or from other brands in your phone. You have to use the parts manufactured by the company which is not only expensive but also limits the freedom of individual modification.<br />
<br />
Also, we can easily see that there are so many FDM 3D printers now, but most of them are somewhat originated from the RepRap model. The important point of self replicating 3D printer is not a new method to make a 3D printer, but a new method to teach people how to develop 3D printers.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
''2) A not so important event in the progression of this technology (something overhyped perhaps?)<br />
<br />
2011 Jan: 3d printing now in Titanium! (Charlie Sorrel on Wired.com) [25] Summary: The article discusses the advancements in 3D printing, specifically Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) to print with titanium.<br />
<br />
I think this event is quite hyped. When people see the topic about metal printing, they get extremely excited. However, the metal printing still needs a long way to go. I have looked up about metal 3D printing before, and I know there are some successful 3D printed metal parts. Unfortunately, few of them have real commercial and practical value to be applied. Current technology to print metal have a lot for limitation including the size and overhanging issues. The most important is that they are extremely expensive and needs long lead time. Their property is not as good as their most competitive manufacture method - powder metallurgy. They are also mainly working in labs instead of commercial application. I would like to say that the metal printing is still not passing its milestone.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
''3) Something which you found interesting which you would like to think or speak more about. This might overlap with #1 a bit, depending.<br />
<br />
2008 Nov: Thingiverse is launched, the first website where people can uplaoad their own 3D models for people to print out, open sourcing at its finest, what will you upload?<br />
<br />
Although this event may not have a really big impact on the 3D printing technology, it does help a lot on the promotion of domestic or individual 3D printing application. It just create huge interests towards the realization of CAD model. It also provides a convenient platform for people to communicate 3D printing user experience.</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=118328User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-02-22T19:36:45Z<p>Dzy5042: </p>
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
<br />
__TOC__<br />
<br />
=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
<br />
''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
<br />
[[File:gyrornament.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
<br />
This just looks so beautiful. The original design of gyrornament is made by ivory, which are mostly acquired from illegal source. I think that to some extent, 3D printed pla has certain similarity with ivory on artistic value except the price. At first this thing seems to be extremely difficult to print, but the feedback on thingiverse are generally positive. [http://http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:192325 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:octopus stand.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
<br />
This thing just tend to be funny in its design. The idea of tablet stand is not novel and very straight forward to everyone. Most to cases, I see designs in this category just tend to focus on its functionality. This octopus tablet just seems to be so interesting on its appearance. I probably will say no to this design if I want to buy a tablet stand, and I think most people consider octopus tentacles as disgusting. However, this design is so funny when you see it at the first time. [http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61718 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:hex tie.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is useless'''<br />
<br />
The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:earbud case.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is useful'''<br />
<br />
This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:sneaker.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is surprising to me'''<br />
<br />
I never imagined that 3D printer can print such a flexible product as sneakers. The author said that he use FILAFLEX Elastic filament 3mm. I don't know what printer is needed for this filament, but this sneaker just looks so innovative and the design is cool. By the way, the author also has made some printing video of sneakers, and it looks amazing. The elastic filament may point out another world for 3D printed products. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:154188 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
=Blog 2: OSE project=<br />
''We were asked to research about OSE projects and respond to the following:<br />
<br />
''A) I want your general impressions of the OSE project; positive, negative, utopian, etc. Please do a bit more research than just viewing the video, as it is now several years old and they have made some progress since then. Links to more recent videos and media will earn you a better blog. <br />
<br />
''B) The New Yorker magazine recently had a fairly critical article regarding Marcin's OSE project. Find/link that article and summarize its critique. Marcin had a response to that: I'd like your response to both of these pieces. <br />
<br />
''C) Imagine we want to create capabilities similar to what Marcin has made at PSU (something like an OSE student club, or another effort). I don't think the administration or trustees would support such a thing, but there might be professors who are interested in supporting such a thing. Do you know any of them? What do they do, and why do you think they would be interested in such a project? Imagine you are looking for allies to do such a thing. Whom is on your list and why?<br />
<br />
Here are my answers:<br />
<br />
A) My general impressions of the OSE project is not positive. I would not say that I totally disagree with their idea, but I don’t think that should be the way to do. Marcin stated his inspiration was from the broken tools in his own farming business. Because of that, he wanted to look for a more efficient and durable product and decided to make his own. <br />
Many engineers followed his idea and made their contribution to this open source product design. However, unlike the open source 3D printer, I don’t think tractor can be replicated perfectly through the open source sharing. Two critical reasons are: 1. Durability and safety issues. 2. Sustainability and environmental impact.<br />
If you mess up with your 3D printer, the worst thing probably happens may just be that your printer is broken. However, if something wrong when you operate these hardware, you may get injured. Even Marci’s team can have their open design blueprint with enough safety consideration. There will be a lot of safety issues when people try to DIY their products.<br />
Another thing I thought may be problematic is about environmental impact. Although I consider economics concepts are not very useful in a real world, but I do agree that the specialization could make this world better. What I see from OSE project are they trying to make an individual capable of doing all the stuffs. In small-scale production, that can be effective. However, it won’t be efficient in resource distribution if this project becomes a mainstream production.<br />
<br />
B) http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/12/23/131223fa_fact_eakin<br />
In general, the author thought the OSE project was too utopian. For more details, the environmental condition of e farm village was too hard to handle by project volunteers. Project volunteers were less skilled compared to expectation. The whole project was really struggling rather than the beautiful and efficient image in Marci’s head. The author consider the OSE project is too idealistic and Marci always try to use passion to solve the problem which is not appropriate.<br />
I also found some responses from MJ on the OSE official facebook. In generaly Marci held an open mind to what has been told in Emily's article, he also shared the link to access the New Yorker and called it a great article. I accepted they had missed some points during the project. However, he didn't think what they have done are utopia. He thought they made their effort and what they have experienced will become the precious material to teach the followers. <br />
<br />
C) I think the ecocar team probably will have interests on auto parts DIY sharing. However, I still feel negative about this idea and think the open source sharing should be limited to simple mechanical parts and systems.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
=Blog 3: Robohand=<br />
''We were asked to response to a 3D printed Robohand aimed to help disabled people:<br />
<br />
<br />
''Who created this design and when/where was it done? <br />
<br />
The design was originated from Ivan Owen and Richard Van, and the metal prototype was created in November 2012. At January 2013, the 3D printer version has been put online with free instruction. Then 2 months ago, Mason Wilde, 16 years old high school student, used a 3D printer in the Johnson County Library made a Robohand.<br />
<br />
<br />
''If you wanted to make one, where would you go to get it? <br />
<br />
I will get the CAD files from the Thingiverse. Several things will be needed as mentioned in the ariticle: a drill, a pair of pliers, and about $60 worth of materials, including a dye kit, nylon string and hard plastic for the gauntlet. I may download Makerware or use Solidworks to do some necessary adjustments about CAD files. Then I will find a free 3D printer, maybe just in our 3D printing club, print out parts and assembly them together. <br />
<br />
<br />
''How many news articles can you find which reference this technology?<br />
<br />
Here are some relevant news that I can find and I can be sure there are more:<br />
<br />
“Kansas Teen Uses 3-D Printer To Make Hand For Boy”, http://www.wibwnewsnow.com/kansas-teen-uses-3-d-printer-make-hand-boy/<br />
<br />
“Teen Crafts 3D-Printed 'Robohand' for Fingerless Boy”, http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2430396,00.asp<br />
<br />
“Teen uses 3D printer to create 'Robohand' for fingerless boy”, http://www.itproportal.com/2014/02/07/teen-uses-3d-printer-to-create-robohand-for-fingerless-boy/?utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itproportal%2Frss+(Latest+ITProPortal+News)&utm_source=feedburner<br />
<br />
“'Robohand' given to West Michigan preschooler proving to be life-changing”, http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/01/robohand_given_to_preschooler.html<br />
<br />
“3D-printed prosthetics: How a $100 arm is giving hope to Sudan's 50,000 war amputees”, http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/3dprinted-prosthetics-how-a-100-arm-is-giving-hope-to-sudans-50000-war-amputees-9071708.html<br />
<br />
“Boy Receives 3D Printed Prosthetic Hand”, http://www.ubergizmo.com/2014/02/boy-receives-3d-printed-prosthetic-hand/<br />
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<br />
<br />
<br />
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<br />
=Blog 4: Response to blog 2=<br />
<br />
'' We are asked to read our teammates blogs, as well as the blogs of at least 5 other students in class this semester. I would like you to find any thoughtful points made by others which you did not note yourself in Blog 2.<br />
<br />
Here are some good points I found in my classmates' blogs:<br />
<br />
''Vinny Iachini<br />
<br />
The skill needed for assembling and the cost of maintenance has been mentioned, which is crucial for realizing the project. In the farm project, the food problem is a problem I did not mention in my blog.<br />
<br />
''Yuchao Yuan<br />
<br />
Yuchao focuses on the safety issue which totally agrees with me. Besides that, Yuchao mentioned that one advantage of this project might be that since you already understand the mechanism and structure of your DIY product, you should be very easy to figure out the problems when something is broken. This might be true in some circumstances, but I thought the untested machine can also have problems that they do not consider before or hard to repair.<br />
<br />
''Yuan Chai<br />
Yuan has a doubt on the learning curve for other person try to make the projects in OSE website. He gives the power cube as the example. He thinks that it will need an integration of knowledge from various subjects and majors. He also doubts that different people may use different materials to build a same structure, which may lead to problem in practical using. He also thinks that the economic and environmental impact of these products are usually bad, which agrees with me. Yuan believes that even though this project is not suitable for a normal person or engineer to perform, it can have innovative value on education aspect.<br />
<br />
''Kyle Casterline<br />
<br />
Kyle also mentioned the safety issue. Also, he considered that some parts in “50 things” may not be able to be fabricated by DIY at all. For example, the optical parts in laser cut need a very professional manufacture method. If the project team just buy parts from industry and assembly them, it may not considered success on criteria of OSE project.<br />
<br />
''Graham Deever<br />
<br />
Graham has an interest to make the OSE project develop as a think-tank club in PSU, which I consider interesting. He also discusses the possibility to make this club and how the 3D printer may help in this project.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
=Blog 5: RepRap Timeline=<br />
<br />
''We are asked to go through the media timeline on RepRap wiki site and answer several questions.<br />
<br />
''1) An event very important in the progression of 3D printing technology (open source or not)<br />
<br />
2004: Adrian Bowyer publishes the idea for a self replicating 3D printer, and concept of the RepRap is born! More on the RepRap About Page About<br />
I think this is very important to 3D printing technology, especially for the open source part. The reason of that is this event eventually push the 3D printer to the desktop level and attracted many individual users. More important, it allow that people can actually development their own printers. <br />
<br />
For example, there is no way that a people can upgrade his mobile phone by themselves. This might be the issue about patent. However, more important, the company fix the frame and the scope of their product. You cannot use other parts you DIY or from other brands in your phone. You have to use the parts manufactured by the company which is not only expensive but also limits the freedom of individual modification.<br />
<br />
Also, we can easily see that there are so many FDM 3D printers now, but most of them are somewhat originated from the RepRap model. The important point of self replicating 3D printer is not a new method to make a 3D printer, but a new method to teach people how to develop 3D printers.<br />
<br />
''2) A not so important event in the progression of this technology (something overhyped perhaps?)<br />
<br />
2011 Jan: 3d printing now in Titanium! (Charlie Sorrel on Wired.com) [25] Summary: The article discusses the advancements in 3D printing, specifically Direct Metal Laser Sintering (DMLS) to print with titanium.<br />
<br />
I think this event is quite hyped. When people see the topic about metal printing, they get extremely excited. However, the metal printing still needs a long way to go. I have looked up about metal 3D printing before, and I know there are some successful 3D printed metal parts. Unfortunately, few of them have real commercial and practical value to be applied. Current technology to print metal have a lot for limitation including the size and overhanging issues. The most important is that they are extremely expensive and needs long lead time. Their property is not as good as their most competitive manufacture method - powder metallurgy. They are also mainly working in labs instead of commercial application. I would like to say that the metal printing is still not passing its milestone.<br />
<br />
''3) Something which you found interesting which you would like to think or speak more about. This might overlap with #1 a bit, depending.<br />
<br />
2008 Nov: Thingiverse is launched, the first website where people can uplaoad their own 3D models for people to print out, open sourcing at its finest, what will you upload?<br />
<br />
Although this event may not have a really big impact on the 3D printing technology, it does help a lot on the promotion of domestic or individual 3D printing application. It just create huge interests towards the realization of CAD model. It also provides a convenient platform for people to communicate 3D printing user experience.</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=117885User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-02-15T16:07:37Z<p>Dzy5042: /* Blog 4: Response to blog 2 */</p>
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
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__TOC__<br />
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=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
<br />
''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
<br />
[[File:gyrornament.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
<br />
This just looks so beautiful. The original design of gyrornament is made by ivory, which are mostly acquired from illegal source. I think that to some extent, 3D printed pla has certain similarity with ivory on artistic value except the price. At first this thing seems to be extremely difficult to print, but the feedback on thingiverse are generally positive. [http://http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:192325 Source]<br />
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<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
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[[File:octopus stand.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
<br />
This thing just tend to be funny in its design. The idea of tablet stand is not novel and very straight forward to everyone. Most to cases, I see designs in this category just tend to focus on its functionality. This octopus tablet just seems to be so interesting on its appearance. I probably will say no to this design if I want to buy a tablet stand, and I think most people consider octopus tentacles as disgusting. However, this design is so funny when you see it at the first time. [http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61718 Source]<br />
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<br />
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[[File:hex tie.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
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'''An item that is useless'''<br />
<br />
The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:earbud case.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is useful'''<br />
<br />
This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
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<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:sneaker.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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<br />
'''An item that is surprising to me'''<br />
<br />
I never imagined that 3D printer can print such a flexible product as sneakers. The author said that he use FILAFLEX Elastic filament 3mm. I don't know what printer is needed for this filament, but this sneaker just looks so innovative and the design is cool. By the way, the author also has made some printing video of sneakers, and it looks amazing. The elastic filament may point out another world for 3D printed products. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:154188 Source]<br />
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=Blog 2: OSE project=<br />
''We were asked to research about OSE projects and respond to the following:<br />
<br />
''A) I want your general impressions of the OSE project; positive, negative, utopian, etc. Please do a bit more research than just viewing the video, as it is now several years old and they have made some progress since then. Links to more recent videos and media will earn you a better blog. <br />
<br />
''B) The New Yorker magazine recently had a fairly critical article regarding Marcin's OSE project. Find/link that article and summarize its critique. Marcin had a response to that: I'd like your response to both of these pieces. <br />
<br />
''C) Imagine we want to create capabilities similar to what Marcin has made at PSU (something like an OSE student club, or another effort). I don't think the administration or trustees would support such a thing, but there might be professors who are interested in supporting such a thing. Do you know any of them? What do they do, and why do you think they would be interested in such a project? Imagine you are looking for allies to do such a thing. Whom is on your list and why?<br />
<br />
Here are my answers:<br />
<br />
A) My general impressions of the OSE project is not positive. I would not say that I totally disagree with their idea, but I don’t think that should be the way to do. Marcin stated his inspiration was from the broken tools in his own farming business. Because of that, he wanted to look for a more efficient and durable product and decided to make his own. <br />
Many engineers followed his idea and made their contribution to this open source product design. However, unlike the open source 3D printer, I don’t think tractor can be replicated perfectly through the open source sharing. Two critical reasons are: 1. Durability and safety issues. 2. Sustainability and environmental impact.<br />
If you mess up with your 3D printer, the worst thing probably happens may just be that your printer is broken. However, if something wrong when you operate these hardware, you may get injured. Even Marci’s team can have their open design blueprint with enough safety consideration. There will be a lot of safety issues when people try to DIY their products.<br />
Another thing I thought may be problematic is about environmental impact. Although I consider economics concepts are not very useful in a real world, but I do agree that the specialization could make this world better. What I see from OSE project are they trying to make an individual capable of doing all the stuffs. In small-scale production, that can be effective. However, it won’t be efficient in resource distribution if this project becomes a mainstream production.<br />
<br />
B) http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/12/23/131223fa_fact_eakin<br />
In general, the author thought the OSE project was too utopian. For more details, the environmental condition of e farm village was too hard to handle by project volunteers. Project volunteers were less skilled compared to expectation. The whole project was really struggling rather than the beautiful and efficient image in Marci’s head. The author consider the OSE project is too idealistic and Marci always try to use passion to solve the problem which is not appropriate.<br />
I also found some responses from MJ on the OSE official facebook. In generaly Marci held an open mind to what has been told in Emily's article, he also shared the link to access the New Yorker and called it a great article. I accepted they had missed some points during the project. However, he didn't think what they have done are utopia. He thought they made their effort and what they have experienced will become the precious material to teach the followers. <br />
<br />
C) I think the ecocar team probably will have interests on auto parts DIY sharing. However, I still feel negative about this idea and think the open source sharing should be limited to simple mechanical parts and systems.<br />
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=Blog 3: Robohand=<br />
''We were asked to response to a 3D printed Robohand aimed to help disabled people:<br />
<br />
<br />
''Who created this design and when/where was it done? <br />
<br />
The design was originated from Ivan Owen and Richard Van, and the metal prototype was created in November 2012. At January 2013, the 3D printer version has been put online with free instruction. Then 2 months ago, Mason Wilde, 16 years old high school student, used a 3D printer in the Johnson County Library made a Robohand.<br />
<br />
<br />
''If you wanted to make one, where would you go to get it? <br />
<br />
I will get the CAD files from the Thingiverse. Several things will be needed as mentioned in the ariticle: a drill, a pair of pliers, and about $60 worth of materials, including a dye kit, nylon string and hard plastic for the gauntlet. I may download Makerware or use Solidworks to do some necessary adjustments about CAD files. Then I will find a free 3D printer, maybe just in our 3D printing club, print out parts and assembly them together. <br />
<br />
<br />
''How many news articles can you find which reference this technology?<br />
<br />
Here are some relevant news that I can find and I can be sure there are more:<br />
<br />
“Kansas Teen Uses 3-D Printer To Make Hand For Boy”, http://www.wibwnewsnow.com/kansas-teen-uses-3-d-printer-make-hand-boy/<br />
<br />
“Teen Crafts 3D-Printed 'Robohand' for Fingerless Boy”, http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2430396,00.asp<br />
<br />
“Teen uses 3D printer to create 'Robohand' for fingerless boy”, http://www.itproportal.com/2014/02/07/teen-uses-3d-printer-to-create-robohand-for-fingerless-boy/?utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itproportal%2Frss+(Latest+ITProPortal+News)&utm_source=feedburner<br />
<br />
“'Robohand' given to West Michigan preschooler proving to be life-changing”, http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/01/robohand_given_to_preschooler.html<br />
<br />
“3D-printed prosthetics: How a $100 arm is giving hope to Sudan's 50,000 war amputees”, http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/3dprinted-prosthetics-how-a-100-arm-is-giving-hope-to-sudans-50000-war-amputees-9071708.html<br />
<br />
“Boy Receives 3D Printed Prosthetic Hand”, http://www.ubergizmo.com/2014/02/boy-receives-3d-printed-prosthetic-hand/<br />
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=Blog 4: Response to blog 2=<br />
<br />
'' We are asked to read our teammates blogs, as well as the blogs of at least 5 other students in class this semester. I would like you to find any thoughtful points made by others which you did not note yourself in Blog 2.<br />
<br />
Here are some good points I found in my classmates' blogs:<br />
<br />
''Vinny Iachini<br />
<br />
The skill needed for assembling and the cost of maintenance has been mentioned, which is crucial for realizing the project. In the farm project, the food problem is a problem I did not mention in my blog.<br />
<br />
''Yuchao Yuan<br />
<br />
Yuchao focuses on the safety issue which totally agrees with me. Besides that, Yuchao mentioned that one advantage of this project might be that since you already understand the mechanism and structure of your DIY product, you should be very easy to figure out the problems when something is broken. This might be true in some circumstances, but I thought the untested machine can also have problems that they do not consider before or hard to repair.<br />
<br />
''Yuan Chai<br />
Yuan has a doubt on the learning curve for other person try to make the projects in OSE website. He gives the power cube as the example. He thinks that it will need an integration of knowledge from various subjects and majors. He also doubts that different people may use different materials to build a same structure, which may lead to problem in practical using. He also thinks that the economic and environmental impact of these products are usually bad, which agrees with me. Yuan believes that even though this project is not suitable for a normal person or engineer to perform, it can have innovative value on education aspect.<br />
<br />
''Kyle Casterline<br />
<br />
Kyle also mentioned the safety issue. Also, he considered that some parts in “50 things” may not be able to be fabricated by DIY at all. For example, the optical parts in laser cut need a very professional manufacture method. If the project team just buy parts from industry and assembly them, it may not considered success on criteria of OSE project.<br />
<br />
''Graham Deever<br />
<br />
Graham has an interest to make the OSE project develop as a think-tank club in PSU, which I consider interesting. He also discusses the possibility to make this club and how the 3D printer may help in this project.</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=117884User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-02-15T16:07:15Z<p>Dzy5042: /* Blog 3: Robohand */</p>
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
<br />
__TOC__<br />
<br />
=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
<br />
''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
<br />
[[File:gyrornament.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
<br />
This just looks so beautiful. The original design of gyrornament is made by ivory, which are mostly acquired from illegal source. I think that to some extent, 3D printed pla has certain similarity with ivory on artistic value except the price. At first this thing seems to be extremely difficult to print, but the feedback on thingiverse are generally positive. [http://http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:192325 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:octopus stand.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
<br />
This thing just tend to be funny in its design. The idea of tablet stand is not novel and very straight forward to everyone. Most to cases, I see designs in this category just tend to focus on its functionality. This octopus tablet just seems to be so interesting on its appearance. I probably will say no to this design if I want to buy a tablet stand, and I think most people consider octopus tentacles as disgusting. However, this design is so funny when you see it at the first time. [http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61718 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:hex tie.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is useless'''<br />
<br />
The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:earbud case.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is useful'''<br />
<br />
This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:sneaker.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is surprising to me'''<br />
<br />
I never imagined that 3D printer can print such a flexible product as sneakers. The author said that he use FILAFLEX Elastic filament 3mm. I don't know what printer is needed for this filament, but this sneaker just looks so innovative and the design is cool. By the way, the author also has made some printing video of sneakers, and it looks amazing. The elastic filament may point out another world for 3D printed products. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:154188 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
=Blog 2: OSE project=<br />
''We were asked to research about OSE projects and respond to the following:<br />
<br />
''A) I want your general impressions of the OSE project; positive, negative, utopian, etc. Please do a bit more research than just viewing the video, as it is now several years old and they have made some progress since then. Links to more recent videos and media will earn you a better blog. <br />
<br />
''B) The New Yorker magazine recently had a fairly critical article regarding Marcin's OSE project. Find/link that article and summarize its critique. Marcin had a response to that: I'd like your response to both of these pieces. <br />
<br />
''C) Imagine we want to create capabilities similar to what Marcin has made at PSU (something like an OSE student club, or another effort). I don't think the administration or trustees would support such a thing, but there might be professors who are interested in supporting such a thing. Do you know any of them? What do they do, and why do you think they would be interested in such a project? Imagine you are looking for allies to do such a thing. Whom is on your list and why?<br />
<br />
Here are my answers:<br />
<br />
A) My general impressions of the OSE project is not positive. I would not say that I totally disagree with their idea, but I don’t think that should be the way to do. Marcin stated his inspiration was from the broken tools in his own farming business. Because of that, he wanted to look for a more efficient and durable product and decided to make his own. <br />
Many engineers followed his idea and made their contribution to this open source product design. However, unlike the open source 3D printer, I don’t think tractor can be replicated perfectly through the open source sharing. Two critical reasons are: 1. Durability and safety issues. 2. Sustainability and environmental impact.<br />
If you mess up with your 3D printer, the worst thing probably happens may just be that your printer is broken. However, if something wrong when you operate these hardware, you may get injured. Even Marci’s team can have their open design blueprint with enough safety consideration. There will be a lot of safety issues when people try to DIY their products.<br />
Another thing I thought may be problematic is about environmental impact. Although I consider economics concepts are not very useful in a real world, but I do agree that the specialization could make this world better. What I see from OSE project are they trying to make an individual capable of doing all the stuffs. In small-scale production, that can be effective. However, it won’t be efficient in resource distribution if this project becomes a mainstream production.<br />
<br />
B) http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/12/23/131223fa_fact_eakin<br />
In general, the author thought the OSE project was too utopian. For more details, the environmental condition of e farm village was too hard to handle by project volunteers. Project volunteers were less skilled compared to expectation. The whole project was really struggling rather than the beautiful and efficient image in Marci’s head. The author consider the OSE project is too idealistic and Marci always try to use passion to solve the problem which is not appropriate.<br />
I also found some responses from MJ on the OSE official facebook. In generaly Marci held an open mind to what has been told in Emily's article, he also shared the link to access the New Yorker and called it a great article. I accepted they had missed some points during the project. However, he didn't think what they have done are utopia. He thought they made their effort and what they have experienced will become the precious material to teach the followers. <br />
<br />
C) I think the ecocar team probably will have interests on auto parts DIY sharing. However, I still feel negative about this idea and think the open source sharing should be limited to simple mechanical parts and systems.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
=Blog 3: Robohand=<br />
''We were asked to response to a 3D printed Robohand aimed to help disabled people:<br />
<br />
<br />
''Who created this design and when/where was it done? <br />
<br />
The design was originated from Ivan Owen and Richard Van, and the metal prototype was created in November 2012. At January 2013, the 3D printer version has been put online with free instruction. Then 2 months ago, Mason Wilde, 16 years old high school student, used a 3D printer in the Johnson County Library made a Robohand.<br />
<br />
<br />
''If you wanted to make one, where would you go to get it? <br />
<br />
I will get the CAD files from the Thingiverse. Several things will be needed as mentioned in the ariticle: a drill, a pair of pliers, and about $60 worth of materials, including a dye kit, nylon string and hard plastic for the gauntlet. I may download Makerware or use Solidworks to do some necessary adjustments about CAD files. Then I will find a free 3D printer, maybe just in our 3D printing club, print out parts and assembly them together. <br />
<br />
<br />
''How many news articles can you find which reference this technology?<br />
<br />
Here are some relevant news that I can find and I can be sure there are more:<br />
<br />
“Kansas Teen Uses 3-D Printer To Make Hand For Boy”, http://www.wibwnewsnow.com/kansas-teen-uses-3-d-printer-make-hand-boy/<br />
<br />
“Teen Crafts 3D-Printed 'Robohand' for Fingerless Boy”, http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2430396,00.asp<br />
<br />
“Teen uses 3D printer to create 'Robohand' for fingerless boy”, http://www.itproportal.com/2014/02/07/teen-uses-3d-printer-to-create-robohand-for-fingerless-boy/?utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itproportal%2Frss+(Latest+ITProPortal+News)&utm_source=feedburner<br />
<br />
“'Robohand' given to West Michigan preschooler proving to be life-changing”, http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/01/robohand_given_to_preschooler.html<br />
<br />
“3D-printed prosthetics: How a $100 arm is giving hope to Sudan's 50,000 war amputees”, http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/3dprinted-prosthetics-how-a-100-arm-is-giving-hope-to-sudans-50000-war-amputees-9071708.html<br />
<br />
“Boy Receives 3D Printed Prosthetic Hand”, http://www.ubergizmo.com/2014/02/boy-receives-3d-printed-prosthetic-hand/<br />
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=Blog 4: Response to blog 2=<br />
<br />
'' We are asked to read our teammates blogs, as well as the blogs of at least 5 other students in class this semester. I would like you to find any thoughtful points made by others which you did not note yourself in Blog 2.<br />
<br />
Here are some good points I found in my classmates' blogs:<br />
<br />
''Vinny Iachini<br />
The skill needed for assembling and the cost of maintenance has been mentioned, which is crucial for realizing the project. In the farm project, the food problem is a problem I did not mention in my blog.<br />
<br />
''Yuchao Yuan<br />
Yuchao focuses on the safety issue which totally agrees with me. Besides that, Yuchao mentioned that one advantage of this project might be that since you already understand the mechanism and structure of your DIY product, you should be very easy to figure out the problems when something is broken. This might be true in some circumstances, but I thought the untested machine can also have problems that they do not consider before or hard to repair.<br />
<br />
''Yuan Chai<br />
Yuan has a doubt on the learning curve for other person try to make the projects in OSE website. He gives the power cube as the example. He thinks that it will need an integration of knowledge from various subjects and majors. He also doubts that different people may use different materials to build a same structure, which may lead to problem in practical using. He also thinks that the economic and environmental impact of these products are usually bad, which agrees with me. Yuan believes that even though this project is not suitable for a normal person or engineer to perform, it can have innovative value on education aspect.<br />
<br />
''Kyle Casterline<br />
Kyle also mentioned the safety issue. Also, he considered that some parts in “50 things” may not be able to be fabricated by DIY at all. For example, the optical parts in laser cut need a very professional manufacture method. If the project team just buy parts from industry and assembly them, it may not considered success on criteria of OSE project.<br />
<br />
''Graham Deever<br />
Graham has an interest to make the OSE project develop as a think-tank club in PSU, which I consider interesting. He also discusses the possibility to make this club and how the 3D printer may help in this project.</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=117882User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-02-15T15:23:23Z<p>Dzy5042: </p>
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
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__TOC__<br />
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=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
<br />
''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
<br />
[[File:gyrornament.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
<br />
This just looks so beautiful. The original design of gyrornament is made by ivory, which are mostly acquired from illegal source. I think that to some extent, 3D printed pla has certain similarity with ivory on artistic value except the price. At first this thing seems to be extremely difficult to print, but the feedback on thingiverse are generally positive. [http://http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:192325 Source]<br />
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<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
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<br />
[[File:octopus stand.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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<br />
'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
<br />
This thing just tend to be funny in its design. The idea of tablet stand is not novel and very straight forward to everyone. Most to cases, I see designs in this category just tend to focus on its functionality. This octopus tablet just seems to be so interesting on its appearance. I probably will say no to this design if I want to buy a tablet stand, and I think most people consider octopus tentacles as disgusting. However, this design is so funny when you see it at the first time. [http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61718 Source]<br />
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[[File:hex tie.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is useless'''<br />
<br />
The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:earbud case.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is useful'''<br />
<br />
This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
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[[File:sneaker.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is surprising to me'''<br />
<br />
I never imagined that 3D printer can print such a flexible product as sneakers. The author said that he use FILAFLEX Elastic filament 3mm. I don't know what printer is needed for this filament, but this sneaker just looks so innovative and the design is cool. By the way, the author also has made some printing video of sneakers, and it looks amazing. The elastic filament may point out another world for 3D printed products. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:154188 Source]<br />
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=Blog 2: OSE project=<br />
''We were asked to research about OSE projects and respond to the following:<br />
<br />
''A) I want your general impressions of the OSE project; positive, negative, utopian, etc. Please do a bit more research than just viewing the video, as it is now several years old and they have made some progress since then. Links to more recent videos and media will earn you a better blog. <br />
<br />
''B) The New Yorker magazine recently had a fairly critical article regarding Marcin's OSE project. Find/link that article and summarize its critique. Marcin had a response to that: I'd like your response to both of these pieces. <br />
<br />
''C) Imagine we want to create capabilities similar to what Marcin has made at PSU (something like an OSE student club, or another effort). I don't think the administration or trustees would support such a thing, but there might be professors who are interested in supporting such a thing. Do you know any of them? What do they do, and why do you think they would be interested in such a project? Imagine you are looking for allies to do such a thing. Whom is on your list and why?<br />
<br />
Here are my answers:<br />
<br />
A) My general impressions of the OSE project is not positive. I would not say that I totally disagree with their idea, but I don’t think that should be the way to do. Marcin stated his inspiration was from the broken tools in his own farming business. Because of that, he wanted to look for a more efficient and durable product and decided to make his own. <br />
Many engineers followed his idea and made their contribution to this open source product design. However, unlike the open source 3D printer, I don’t think tractor can be replicated perfectly through the open source sharing. Two critical reasons are: 1. Durability and safety issues. 2. Sustainability and environmental impact.<br />
If you mess up with your 3D printer, the worst thing probably happens may just be that your printer is broken. However, if something wrong when you operate these hardware, you may get injured. Even Marci’s team can have their open design blueprint with enough safety consideration. There will be a lot of safety issues when people try to DIY their products.<br />
Another thing I thought may be problematic is about environmental impact. Although I consider economics concepts are not very useful in a real world, but I do agree that the specialization could make this world better. What I see from OSE project are they trying to make an individual capable of doing all the stuffs. In small-scale production, that can be effective. However, it won’t be efficient in resource distribution if this project becomes a mainstream production.<br />
<br />
B) http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/12/23/131223fa_fact_eakin<br />
In general, the author thought the OSE project was too utopian. For more details, the environmental condition of e farm village was too hard to handle by project volunteers. Project volunteers were less skilled compared to expectation. The whole project was really struggling rather than the beautiful and efficient image in Marci’s head. The author consider the OSE project is too idealistic and Marci always try to use passion to solve the problem which is not appropriate.<br />
I also found some responses from MJ on the OSE official facebook. In generaly Marci held an open mind to what has been told in Emily's article, he also shared the link to access the New Yorker and called it a great article. I accepted they had missed some points during the project. However, he didn't think what they have done are utopia. He thought they made their effort and what they have experienced will become the precious material to teach the followers. <br />
<br />
C) I think the ecocar team probably will have interests on auto parts DIY sharing. However, I still feel negative about this idea and think the open source sharing should be limited to simple mechanical parts and systems.<br />
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=Blog 3: Robohand=<br />
''We were asked to response to a 3D printed Robohand aimed to help disabled people:<br />
<br />
<br />
''Who created this design and when/where was it done? <br />
<br />
The design was originated from Ivan Owen and Richard Van, and the metal prototype was created in November 2012. At January 2013, the 3D printer version has been put online with free instruction. Then 2 months ago, Mason Wilde, 16 years old high school student, used a 3D printer in the Johnson County Library made a Robohand.<br />
<br />
<br />
''If you wanted to make one, where would you go to get it? <br />
<br />
I will get the CAD files from the Thingiverse. Several things will be needed as mentioned in the ariticle: a drill, a pair of pliers, and about $60 worth of materials, including a dye kit, nylon string and hard plastic for the gauntlet. I may download Makerware or use Solidworks to do some necessary adjustments about CAD files. Then I will find a free 3D printer, maybe just in our 3D printing club, print out parts and assembly them together. <br />
<br />
<br />
''How many news articles can you find which reference this technology?<br />
<br />
Here are some relevant news that I can find and I can be sure there are more:<br />
<br />
“Kansas Teen Uses 3-D Printer To Make Hand For Boy”, http://www.wibwnewsnow.com/kansas-teen-uses-3-d-printer-make-hand-boy/<br />
<br />
“Teen Crafts 3D-Printed 'Robohand' for Fingerless Boy”, http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2430396,00.asp<br />
<br />
“Teen uses 3D printer to create 'Robohand' for fingerless boy”, http://www.itproportal.com/2014/02/07/teen-uses-3d-printer-to-create-robohand-for-fingerless-boy/?utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itproportal%2Frss+(Latest+ITProPortal+News)&utm_source=feedburner<br />
<br />
“'Robohand' given to West Michigan preschooler proving to be life-changing”, http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/01/robohand_given_to_preschooler.html<br />
<br />
“3D-printed prosthetics: How a $100 arm is giving hope to Sudan's 50,000 war amputees”, http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/3dprinted-prosthetics-how-a-100-arm-is-giving-hope-to-sudans-50000-war-amputees-9071708.html<br />
<br />
“Boy Receives 3D Printed Prosthetic Hand”, http://www.ubergizmo.com/2014/02/boy-receives-3d-printed-prosthetic-hand/<br />
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=Blog 3: Robohand=</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=117253User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-02-08T16:59:57Z<p>Dzy5042: /* Blog 3: Robohand */</p>
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
<br />
__TOC__<br />
<br />
=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
<br />
''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
<br />
[[File:gyrornament.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
<br />
This just looks so beautiful. The original design of gyrornament is made by ivory, which are mostly acquired from illegal source. I think that to some extent, 3D printed pla has certain similarity with ivory on artistic value except the price. At first this thing seems to be extremely difficult to print, but the feedback on thingiverse are generally positive. [http://http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:192325 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:octopus stand.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
<br />
This thing just tend to be funny in its design. The idea of tablet stand is not novel and very straight forward to everyone. Most to cases, I see designs in this category just tend to focus on its functionality. This octopus tablet just seems to be so interesting on its appearance. I probably will say no to this design if I want to buy a tablet stand, and I think most people consider octopus tentacles as disgusting. However, this design is so funny when you see it at the first time. [http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61718 Source]<br />
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<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:hex tie.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is useless'''<br />
<br />
The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:earbud case.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is useful'''<br />
<br />
This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:sneaker.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is surprising to me'''<br />
<br />
I never imagined that 3D printer can print such a flexible product as sneakers. The author said that he use FILAFLEX Elastic filament 3mm. I don't know what printer is needed for this filament, but this sneaker just looks so innovative and the design is cool. By the way, the author also has made some printing video of sneakers, and it looks amazing. The elastic filament may point out another world for 3D printed products. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:154188 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
=Blog 2: OSE project=<br />
''We were asked to research about OSE projects and respond to the following:<br />
<br />
''A) I want your general impressions of the OSE project; positive, negative, utopian, etc. Please do a bit more research than just viewing the video, as it is now several years old and they have made some progress since then. Links to more recent videos and media will earn you a better blog. <br />
<br />
''B) The New Yorker magazine recently had a fairly critical article regarding Marcin's OSE project. Find/link that article and summarize its critique. Marcin had a response to that: I'd like your response to both of these pieces. <br />
<br />
''C) Imagine we want to create capabilities similar to what Marcin has made at PSU (something like an OSE student club, or another effort). I don't think the administration or trustees would support such a thing, but there might be professors who are interested in supporting such a thing. Do you know any of them? What do they do, and why do you think they would be interested in such a project? Imagine you are looking for allies to do such a thing. Whom is on your list and why?<br />
<br />
Here are my answers:<br />
<br />
A) My general impressions of the OSE project is not positive. I would not say that I totally disagree with their idea, but I don’t think that should be the way to do. Marcin stated his inspiration was from the broken tools in his own farming business. Because of that, he wanted to look for a more efficient and durable product and decided to make his own. <br />
Many engineers followed his idea and made their contribution to this open source product design. However, unlike the open source 3D printer, I don’t think tractor can be replicated perfectly through the open source sharing. Two critical reasons are: 1. Durability and safety issues. 2. Sustainability and environmental impact.<br />
If you mess up with your 3D printer, the worst thing probably happens may just be that your printer is broken. However, if something wrong when you operate these hardware, you may get injured. Even Marci’s team can have their open design blueprint with enough safety consideration. There will be a lot of safety issues when people try to DIY their products.<br />
Another thing I thought may be problematic is about environmental impact. Although I consider economics concepts are not very useful in a real world, but I do agree that the specialization could make this world better. What I see from OSE project are they trying to make an individual capable of doing all the stuffs. In small-scale production, that can be effective. However, it won’t be efficient in resource distribution if this project becomes a mainstream production.<br />
<br />
B) http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/12/23/131223fa_fact_eakin<br />
In general, the author thought the OSE project was too utopian. For more details, the environmental condition of e farm village was too hard to handle by project volunteers. Project volunteers were less skilled compared to expectation. The whole project was really struggling rather than the beautiful and efficient image in Marci’s head. The author consider the OSE project is too idealistic and Marci always try to use passion to solve the problem which is not appropriate.<br />
I also found some responses from MJ on the OSE official facebook. In generaly Marci held an open mind to what has been told in Emily's article, he also shared the link to access the New Yorker and called it a great article. I accepted they had missed some points during the project. However, he didn't think what they have done are utopia. He thought they made their effort and what they have experienced will become the precious material to teach the followers. <br />
<br />
C) I think the ecocar team probably will have interests on auto parts DIY sharing. However, I still feel negative about this idea and think the open source sharing should be limited to simple mechanical parts and systems.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
=Blog 3: Robohand=<br />
''We were asked to response to a 3D printed Robohand aimed to help disabled people:<br />
<br />
<br />
''Who created this design and when/where was it done? <br />
<br />
The design was originated from Ivan Owen and Richard Van, and the metal prototype was created in November 2012. At January 2013, the 3D printer version has been put online with free instruction. Then 2 months ago, Mason Wilde, 16 years old high school student, used a 3D printer in the Johnson County Library made a Robohand.<br />
<br />
<br />
''If you wanted to make one, where would you go to get it? <br />
<br />
I will get the CAD files from the Thingiverse. Several things will be needed as mentioned in the ariticle: a drill, a pair of pliers, and about $60 worth of materials, including a dye kit, nylon string and hard plastic for the gauntlet. I may download Makerware or use Solidworks to do some necessary adjustments about CAD files. Then I will find a free 3D printer, maybe just in our 3D printing club, print out parts and assembly them together. <br />
<br />
<br />
''How many news articles can you find which reference this technology?<br />
<br />
Here are some relevant news that I can find and I can be sure there are more:<br />
<br />
“Kansas Teen Uses 3-D Printer To Make Hand For Boy”, http://www.wibwnewsnow.com/kansas-teen-uses-3-d-printer-make-hand-boy/<br />
<br />
“Teen Crafts 3D-Printed 'Robohand' for Fingerless Boy”, http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2430396,00.asp<br />
<br />
“Teen uses 3D printer to create 'Robohand' for fingerless boy”, http://www.itproportal.com/2014/02/07/teen-uses-3d-printer-to-create-robohand-for-fingerless-boy/?utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itproportal%2Frss+(Latest+ITProPortal+News)&utm_source=feedburner<br />
<br />
“'Robohand' given to West Michigan preschooler proving to be life-changing”, http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/01/robohand_given_to_preschooler.html<br />
<br />
“3D-printed prosthetics: How a $100 arm is giving hope to Sudan's 50,000 war amputees”, http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/3dprinted-prosthetics-how-a-100-arm-is-giving-hope-to-sudans-50000-war-amputees-9071708.html<br />
<br />
“Boy Receives 3D Printed Prosthetic Hand”, http://www.ubergizmo.com/2014/02/boy-receives-3d-printed-prosthetic-hand/</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=117252User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-02-08T16:58:55Z<p>Dzy5042: /* Blog 3: Robohand */</p>
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
<br />
__TOC__<br />
<br />
=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
<br />
''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
<br />
[[File:gyrornament.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
<br />
This just looks so beautiful. The original design of gyrornament is made by ivory, which are mostly acquired from illegal source. I think that to some extent, 3D printed pla has certain similarity with ivory on artistic value except the price. At first this thing seems to be extremely difficult to print, but the feedback on thingiverse are generally positive. [http://http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:192325 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:octopus stand.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
<br />
This thing just tend to be funny in its design. The idea of tablet stand is not novel and very straight forward to everyone. Most to cases, I see designs in this category just tend to focus on its functionality. This octopus tablet just seems to be so interesting on its appearance. I probably will say no to this design if I want to buy a tablet stand, and I think most people consider octopus tentacles as disgusting. However, this design is so funny when you see it at the first time. [http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61718 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:hex tie.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is useless'''<br />
<br />
The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:earbud case.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is useful'''<br />
<br />
This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:sneaker.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is surprising to me'''<br />
<br />
I never imagined that 3D printer can print such a flexible product as sneakers. The author said that he use FILAFLEX Elastic filament 3mm. I don't know what printer is needed for this filament, but this sneaker just looks so innovative and the design is cool. By the way, the author also has made some printing video of sneakers, and it looks amazing. The elastic filament may point out another world for 3D printed products. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:154188 Source]<br />
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=Blog 2: OSE project=<br />
''We were asked to research about OSE projects and respond to the following:<br />
<br />
''A) I want your general impressions of the OSE project; positive, negative, utopian, etc. Please do a bit more research than just viewing the video, as it is now several years old and they have made some progress since then. Links to more recent videos and media will earn you a better blog. <br />
<br />
''B) The New Yorker magazine recently had a fairly critical article regarding Marcin's OSE project. Find/link that article and summarize its critique. Marcin had a response to that: I'd like your response to both of these pieces. <br />
<br />
''C) Imagine we want to create capabilities similar to what Marcin has made at PSU (something like an OSE student club, or another effort). I don't think the administration or trustees would support such a thing, but there might be professors who are interested in supporting such a thing. Do you know any of them? What do they do, and why do you think they would be interested in such a project? Imagine you are looking for allies to do such a thing. Whom is on your list and why?<br />
<br />
Here are my answers:<br />
<br />
A) My general impressions of the OSE project is not positive. I would not say that I totally disagree with their idea, but I don’t think that should be the way to do. Marcin stated his inspiration was from the broken tools in his own farming business. Because of that, he wanted to look for a more efficient and durable product and decided to make his own. <br />
Many engineers followed his idea and made their contribution to this open source product design. However, unlike the open source 3D printer, I don’t think tractor can be replicated perfectly through the open source sharing. Two critical reasons are: 1. Durability and safety issues. 2. Sustainability and environmental impact.<br />
If you mess up with your 3D printer, the worst thing probably happens may just be that your printer is broken. However, if something wrong when you operate these hardware, you may get injured. Even Marci’s team can have their open design blueprint with enough safety consideration. There will be a lot of safety issues when people try to DIY their products.<br />
Another thing I thought may be problematic is about environmental impact. Although I consider economics concepts are not very useful in a real world, but I do agree that the specialization could make this world better. What I see from OSE project are they trying to make an individual capable of doing all the stuffs. In small-scale production, that can be effective. However, it won’t be efficient in resource distribution if this project becomes a mainstream production.<br />
<br />
B) http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/12/23/131223fa_fact_eakin<br />
In general, the author thought the OSE project was too utopian. For more details, the environmental condition of e farm village was too hard to handle by project volunteers. Project volunteers were less skilled compared to expectation. The whole project was really struggling rather than the beautiful and efficient image in Marci’s head. The author consider the OSE project is too idealistic and Marci always try to use passion to solve the problem which is not appropriate.<br />
I also found some responses from MJ on the OSE official facebook. In generaly Marci held an open mind to what has been told in Emily's article, he also shared the link to access the New Yorker and called it a great article. I accepted they had missed some points during the project. However, he didn't think what they have done are utopia. He thought they made their effort and what they have experienced will become the precious material to teach the followers. <br />
<br />
C) I think the ecocar team probably will have interests on auto parts DIY sharing. However, I still feel negative about this idea and think the open source sharing should be limited to simple mechanical parts and systems.<br />
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<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
=Blog 3: Robohand=<br />
''We were asked to response to a 3D printed Robohand aimed to help disabled people:<br />
<br />
''Who created this design and when/where was it done? <br />
<br />
The design was originated from Ivan Owen and Richard Van, and the metal prototype was created in November 2012. At January 2013, the 3D printer version has been put online with free instruction. Then 2 months ago, Mason Wilde, 16 years old high school student, used a 3D printer in the Johnson County Library made a Robohand.<br />
<br />
''If you wanted to make one, where would you go to get it? <br />
<br />
I will get the CAD files from the Thingiverse. Several things will be needed as mentioned in the ariticle: a drill, a pair of pliers, and about $60 worth of materials, including a dye kit, nylon string and hard plastic for the gauntlet. I may download Makerware or use Solidworks to do some necessary adjustments about CAD files. Then I will find a free 3D printer, maybe just in our 3D printing club, print out parts and assembly them together. <br />
<br />
''How many news articles can you find which reference this technology?<br />
<br />
Here are some relevant news that I can find and I can be sure there are more:<br />
“Kansas Teen Uses 3-D Printer To Make Hand For Boy”, http://www.wibwnewsnow.com/kansas-teen-uses-3-d-printer-make-hand-boy/<br />
“Teen Crafts 3D-Printed 'Robohand' for Fingerless Boy”, http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2430396,00.asp<br />
“Teen uses 3D printer to create 'Robohand' for fingerless boy”, http://www.itproportal.com/2014/02/07/teen-uses-3d-printer-to-create-robohand-for-fingerless-boy/?utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itproportal%2Frss+(Latest+ITProPortal+News)&utm_source=feedburner<br />
“'Robohand' given to West Michigan preschooler proving to be life-changing”, http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/01/robohand_given_to_preschooler.html<br />
“3D-printed prosthetics: How a $100 arm is giving hope to Sudan's 50,000 war amputees”, http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/3dprinted-prosthetics-how-a-100-arm-is-giving-hope-to-sudans-50000-war-amputees-9071708.html<br />
“Boy Receives 3D Printed Prosthetic Hand”, http://www.ubergizmo.com/2014/02/boy-receives-3d-printed-prosthetic-hand/</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=117250User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-02-08T16:58:13Z<p>Dzy5042: /* Blog 3: Robohand */</p>
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
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__TOC__<br />
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=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
<br />
''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
<br />
[[File:gyrornament.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
<br />
This just looks so beautiful. The original design of gyrornament is made by ivory, which are mostly acquired from illegal source. I think that to some extent, 3D printed pla has certain similarity with ivory on artistic value except the price. At first this thing seems to be extremely difficult to print, but the feedback on thingiverse are generally positive. [http://http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:192325 Source]<br />
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[[File:octopus stand.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
<br />
This thing just tend to be funny in its design. The idea of tablet stand is not novel and very straight forward to everyone. Most to cases, I see designs in this category just tend to focus on its functionality. This octopus tablet just seems to be so interesting on its appearance. I probably will say no to this design if I want to buy a tablet stand, and I think most people consider octopus tentacles as disgusting. However, this design is so funny when you see it at the first time. [http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61718 Source]<br />
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[[File:hex tie.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is useless'''<br />
<br />
The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
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[[File:earbud case.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is useful'''<br />
<br />
This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
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[[File:sneaker.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is surprising to me'''<br />
<br />
I never imagined that 3D printer can print such a flexible product as sneakers. The author said that he use FILAFLEX Elastic filament 3mm. I don't know what printer is needed for this filament, but this sneaker just looks so innovative and the design is cool. By the way, the author also has made some printing video of sneakers, and it looks amazing. The elastic filament may point out another world for 3D printed products. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:154188 Source]<br />
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<br />
=Blog 2: OSE project=<br />
''We were asked to research about OSE projects and respond to the following:<br />
<br />
''A) I want your general impressions of the OSE project; positive, negative, utopian, etc. Please do a bit more research than just viewing the video, as it is now several years old and they have made some progress since then. Links to more recent videos and media will earn you a better blog. <br />
<br />
''B) The New Yorker magazine recently had a fairly critical article regarding Marcin's OSE project. Find/link that article and summarize its critique. Marcin had a response to that: I'd like your response to both of these pieces. <br />
<br />
''C) Imagine we want to create capabilities similar to what Marcin has made at PSU (something like an OSE student club, or another effort). I don't think the administration or trustees would support such a thing, but there might be professors who are interested in supporting such a thing. Do you know any of them? What do they do, and why do you think they would be interested in such a project? Imagine you are looking for allies to do such a thing. Whom is on your list and why?<br />
<br />
Here are my answers:<br />
<br />
A) My general impressions of the OSE project is not positive. I would not say that I totally disagree with their idea, but I don’t think that should be the way to do. Marcin stated his inspiration was from the broken tools in his own farming business. Because of that, he wanted to look for a more efficient and durable product and decided to make his own. <br />
Many engineers followed his idea and made their contribution to this open source product design. However, unlike the open source 3D printer, I don’t think tractor can be replicated perfectly through the open source sharing. Two critical reasons are: 1. Durability and safety issues. 2. Sustainability and environmental impact.<br />
If you mess up with your 3D printer, the worst thing probably happens may just be that your printer is broken. However, if something wrong when you operate these hardware, you may get injured. Even Marci’s team can have their open design blueprint with enough safety consideration. There will be a lot of safety issues when people try to DIY their products.<br />
Another thing I thought may be problematic is about environmental impact. Although I consider economics concepts are not very useful in a real world, but I do agree that the specialization could make this world better. What I see from OSE project are they trying to make an individual capable of doing all the stuffs. In small-scale production, that can be effective. However, it won’t be efficient in resource distribution if this project becomes a mainstream production.<br />
<br />
B) http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/12/23/131223fa_fact_eakin<br />
In general, the author thought the OSE project was too utopian. For more details, the environmental condition of e farm village was too hard to handle by project volunteers. Project volunteers were less skilled compared to expectation. The whole project was really struggling rather than the beautiful and efficient image in Marci’s head. The author consider the OSE project is too idealistic and Marci always try to use passion to solve the problem which is not appropriate.<br />
I also found some responses from MJ on the OSE official facebook. In generaly Marci held an open mind to what has been told in Emily's article, he also shared the link to access the New Yorker and called it a great article. I accepted they had missed some points during the project. However, he didn't think what they have done are utopia. He thought they made their effort and what they have experienced will become the precious material to teach the followers. <br />
<br />
C) I think the ecocar team probably will have interests on auto parts DIY sharing. However, I still feel negative about this idea and think the open source sharing should be limited to simple mechanical parts and systems.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
=Blog 3: Robohand=<br />
''We were asked to response to a 3D printed Robohand aimed to help disabled people:<br />
<br />
''Who created this design and when/where was it done? <br />
The design was originated from Ivan Owen and Richard Van, and the metal prototype was created in November 2012. At January 2013, the 3D printer version has been put online with free instruction. Then 2 months ago, Mason Wilde, 16 years old high school student, used a 3D printer in the Johnson County Library made a Robohand.<br />
<br />
''If you wanted to make one, where would you go to get it? <br />
I will get the CAD files from the Thingiverse. Several things will be needed as mentioned in the ariticle: a drill, a pair of pliers, and about $60 worth of materials, including a dye kit, nylon string and hard plastic for the gauntlet. I may download Makerware or use Solidworks to do some necessary adjustments about CAD files. Then I will find a free 3D printer, maybe just in our 3D printing club, print out parts and assembly them together. <br />
<br />
''How many news articles can you find which reference this technology?<br />
Here are some relevant news that I can find and I can be sure there are more:<br />
“Kansas Teen Uses 3-D Printer To Make Hand For Boy”, http://www.wibwnewsnow.com/kansas-teen-uses-3-d-printer-make-hand-boy/<br />
“Teen Crafts 3D-Printed 'Robohand' for Fingerless Boy”, http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2430396,00.asp<br />
“Teen uses 3D printer to create 'Robohand' for fingerless boy”, http://www.itproportal.com/2014/02/07/teen-uses-3d-printer-to-create-robohand-for-fingerless-boy/?utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+itproportal%2Frss+(Latest+ITProPortal+News)&utm_source=feedburner<br />
“'Robohand' given to West Michigan preschooler proving to be life-changing”, http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/01/robohand_given_to_preschooler.html<br />
“3D-printed prosthetics: How a $100 arm is giving hope to Sudan's 50,000 war amputees”, http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/3dprinted-prosthetics-how-a-100-arm-is-giving-hope-to-sudans-50000-war-amputees-9071708.html<br />
“Boy Receives 3D Printed Prosthetic Hand”, http://www.ubergizmo.com/2014/02/boy-receives-3d-printed-prosthetic-hand/</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=117247User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-02-08T16:57:12Z<p>Dzy5042: </p>
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
<br />
__TOC__<br />
<br />
=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
<br />
''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
<br />
[[File:gyrornament.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
<br />
This just looks so beautiful. The original design of gyrornament is made by ivory, which are mostly acquired from illegal source. I think that to some extent, 3D printed pla has certain similarity with ivory on artistic value except the price. At first this thing seems to be extremely difficult to print, but the feedback on thingiverse are generally positive. [http://http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:192325 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:octopus stand.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
<br />
This thing just tend to be funny in its design. The idea of tablet stand is not novel and very straight forward to everyone. Most to cases, I see designs in this category just tend to focus on its functionality. This octopus tablet just seems to be so interesting on its appearance. I probably will say no to this design if I want to buy a tablet stand, and I think most people consider octopus tentacles as disgusting. However, this design is so funny when you see it at the first time. [http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61718 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:hex tie.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is useless'''<br />
<br />
The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:earbud case.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is useful'''<br />
<br />
This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:sneaker.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is surprising to me'''<br />
<br />
I never imagined that 3D printer can print such a flexible product as sneakers. The author said that he use FILAFLEX Elastic filament 3mm. I don't know what printer is needed for this filament, but this sneaker just looks so innovative and the design is cool. By the way, the author also has made some printing video of sneakers, and it looks amazing. The elastic filament may point out another world for 3D printed products. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:154188 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
=Blog 2: OSE project=<br />
''We were asked to research about OSE projects and respond to the following:<br />
<br />
''A) I want your general impressions of the OSE project; positive, negative, utopian, etc. Please do a bit more research than just viewing the video, as it is now several years old and they have made some progress since then. Links to more recent videos and media will earn you a better blog. <br />
<br />
''B) The New Yorker magazine recently had a fairly critical article regarding Marcin's OSE project. Find/link that article and summarize its critique. Marcin had a response to that: I'd like your response to both of these pieces. <br />
<br />
''C) Imagine we want to create capabilities similar to what Marcin has made at PSU (something like an OSE student club, or another effort). I don't think the administration or trustees would support such a thing, but there might be professors who are interested in supporting such a thing. Do you know any of them? What do they do, and why do you think they would be interested in such a project? Imagine you are looking for allies to do such a thing. Whom is on your list and why?<br />
<br />
Here are my answers:<br />
<br />
A) My general impressions of the OSE project is not positive. I would not say that I totally disagree with their idea, but I don’t think that should be the way to do. Marcin stated his inspiration was from the broken tools in his own farming business. Because of that, he wanted to look for a more efficient and durable product and decided to make his own. <br />
Many engineers followed his idea and made their contribution to this open source product design. However, unlike the open source 3D printer, I don’t think tractor can be replicated perfectly through the open source sharing. Two critical reasons are: 1. Durability and safety issues. 2. Sustainability and environmental impact.<br />
If you mess up with your 3D printer, the worst thing probably happens may just be that your printer is broken. However, if something wrong when you operate these hardware, you may get injured. Even Marci’s team can have their open design blueprint with enough safety consideration. There will be a lot of safety issues when people try to DIY their products.<br />
Another thing I thought may be problematic is about environmental impact. Although I consider economics concepts are not very useful in a real world, but I do agree that the specialization could make this world better. What I see from OSE project are they trying to make an individual capable of doing all the stuffs. In small-scale production, that can be effective. However, it won’t be efficient in resource distribution if this project becomes a mainstream production.<br />
<br />
B) http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/12/23/131223fa_fact_eakin<br />
In general, the author thought the OSE project was too utopian. For more details, the environmental condition of e farm village was too hard to handle by project volunteers. Project volunteers were less skilled compared to expectation. The whole project was really struggling rather than the beautiful and efficient image in Marci’s head. The author consider the OSE project is too idealistic and Marci always try to use passion to solve the problem which is not appropriate.<br />
I also found some responses from MJ on the OSE official facebook. In generaly Marci held an open mind to what has been told in Emily's article, he also shared the link to access the New Yorker and called it a great article. I accepted they had missed some points during the project. However, he didn't think what they have done are utopia. He thought they made their effort and what they have experienced will become the precious material to teach the followers. <br />
<br />
C) I think the ecocar team probably will have interests on auto parts DIY sharing. However, I still feel negative about this idea and think the open source sharing should be limited to simple mechanical parts and systems.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
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<br />
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=Blog 3: Robohand=<br />
''We were asked to response to a 3D printed Robohand aimed to help disabled people:</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=116776User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-01-31T18:04:55Z<p>Dzy5042: /* Blog 2: OSE project */</p>
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
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__TOC__<br />
<br />
=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
<br />
''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
<br />
[[File:gyrornament.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
<br />
This just looks so beautiful. The original design of gyrornament is made by ivory, which are mostly acquired from illegal source. I think that to some extent, 3D printed pla has certain similarity with ivory on artistic value except the price. At first this thing seems to be extremely difficult to print, but the feedback on thingiverse are generally positive. [http://http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:192325 Source]<br />
<br />
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<br />
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[[File:octopus stand.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
<br />
This thing just tend to be funny in its design. The idea of tablet stand is not novel and very straight forward to everyone. Most to cases, I see designs in this category just tend to focus on its functionality. This octopus tablet just seems to be so interesting on its appearance. I probably will say no to this design if I want to buy a tablet stand, and I think most people consider octopus tentacles as disgusting. However, this design is so funny when you see it at the first time. [http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61718 Source]<br />
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<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:hex tie.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is useless'''<br />
<br />
The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:earbud case.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is useful'''<br />
<br />
This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:sneaker.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is surprising to me'''<br />
<br />
I never imagined that 3D printer can print such a flexible product as sneakers. The author said that he use FILAFLEX Elastic filament 3mm. I don't know what printer is needed for this filament, but this sneaker just looks so innovative and the design is cool. By the way, the author also has made some printing video of sneakers, and it looks amazing. The elastic filament may point out another world for 3D printed products. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:154188 Source]<br />
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=Blog 2: OSE project=<br />
''We were asked to research about OSE projects and respond to the following:<br />
<br />
''A) I want your general impressions of the OSE project; positive, negative, utopian, etc. Please do a bit more research than just viewing the video, as it is now several years old and they have made some progress since then. Links to more recent videos and media will earn you a better blog. <br />
<br />
''B) The New Yorker magazine recently had a fairly critical article regarding Marcin's OSE project. Find/link that article and summarize its critique. Marcin had a response to that: I'd like your response to both of these pieces. <br />
<br />
''C) Imagine we want to create capabilities similar to what Marcin has made at PSU (something like an OSE student club, or another effort). I don't think the administration or trustees would support such a thing, but there might be professors who are interested in supporting such a thing. Do you know any of them? What do they do, and why do you think they would be interested in such a project? Imagine you are looking for allies to do such a thing. Whom is on your list and why?<br />
<br />
Here are my answers:<br />
<br />
A) My general impressions of the OSE project is not positive. I would not say that I totally disagree with their idea, but I don’t think that should be the way to do. Marcin stated his inspiration was from the broken tools in his own farming business. Because of that, he wanted to look for a more efficient and durable product and decided to make his own. <br />
Many engineers followed his idea and made their contribution to this open source product design. However, unlike the open source 3D printer, I don’t think tractor can be replicated perfectly through the open source sharing. Two critical reasons are: 1. Durability and safety issues. 2. Sustainability and environmental impact.<br />
If you mess up with your 3D printer, the worst thing probably happens may just be that your printer is broken. However, if something wrong when you operate these hardware, you may get injured. Even Marci’s team can have their open design blueprint with enough safety consideration. There will be a lot of safety issues when people try to DIY their products.<br />
Another thing I thought may be problematic is about environmental impact. Although I consider economics concepts are not very useful in a real world, but I do agree that the specialization could make this world better. What I see from OSE project are they trying to make an individual capable of doing all the stuffs. In small-scale production, that can be effective. However, it won’t be efficient in resource distribution if this project becomes a mainstream production.<br />
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B) http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/12/23/131223fa_fact_eakin<br />
In general, the author thought the OSE project was too utopian. For more details, the environmental condition of e farm village was too hard to handle by project volunteers. Project volunteers were less skilled compared to expectation. The whole project was really struggling rather than the beautiful and efficient image in Marci’s head. The author consider the OSE project is too idealistic and Marci always try to use passion to solve the problem which is not appropriate.<br />
I also found some responses from MJ on the OSE official facebook. In generaly Marci held an open mind to what has been told in Emily's article, he also shared the link to access the New Yorker and called it a great article. I accepted they had missed some points during the project. However, he didn't think what they have done are utopia. He thought they made their effort and what they have experienced will become the precious material to teach the followers. <br />
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C) I think the ecocar team probably will have interests on auto parts DIY sharing. However, I still feel negative about this idea and think the open source sharing should be limited to simple mechanical parts and systems.</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=116775User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-01-31T18:00:10Z<p>Dzy5042: </p>
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
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=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
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''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
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[[File:gyrornament.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
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This just looks so beautiful. The original design of gyrornament is made by ivory, which are mostly acquired from illegal source. I think that to some extent, 3D printed pla has certain similarity with ivory on artistic value except the price. At first this thing seems to be extremely difficult to print, but the feedback on thingiverse are generally positive. [http://http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:192325 Source]<br />
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[[File:octopus stand.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
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This thing just tend to be funny in its design. The idea of tablet stand is not novel and very straight forward to everyone. Most to cases, I see designs in this category just tend to focus on its functionality. This octopus tablet just seems to be so interesting on its appearance. I probably will say no to this design if I want to buy a tablet stand, and I think most people consider octopus tentacles as disgusting. However, this design is so funny when you see it at the first time. [http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61718 Source]<br />
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[[File:hex tie.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is useless'''<br />
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The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
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[[File:earbud case.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is useful'''<br />
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This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
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[[File:sneaker.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is surprising to me'''<br />
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I never imagined that 3D printer can print such a flexible product as sneakers. The author said that he use FILAFLEX Elastic filament 3mm. I don't know what printer is needed for this filament, but this sneaker just looks so innovative and the design is cool. By the way, the author also has made some printing video of sneakers, and it looks amazing. The elastic filament may point out another world for 3D printed products. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:154188 Source]<br />
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=Blog 2: OSE project=<br />
''We were asked to research about OSE projects and respond to the following:<br />
<br />
''A) I want your general impressions of the OSE project; positive, negative, utopian, etc. Please do a bit more research than just viewing the video, as it is now several years old and they have made some progress since then. Links to more recent videos and media will earn you a better blog. <br />
<br />
''B) The New Yorker magazine recently had a fairly critical article regarding Marcin's OSE project. Find/link that article and summarize its critique. Marcin had a response to that: I'd like your response to both of these pieces. <br />
<br />
''C) Imagine we want to create capabilities similar to what Marcin has made at PSU (something like an OSE student club, or another effort). I don't think the administration or trustees would support such a thing, but there might be professors who are interested in supporting such a thing. Do you know any of them? What do they do, and why do you think they would be interested in such a project? Imagine you are looking for allies to do such a thing. Whom is on your list and why?<br />
<br />
Here are my answers:<br />
<br />
A) My general impressions of the OSE project is not positive. I would not say that I totally disagree with their idea, but I don’t think that should be the way to do. Marcin stated his inspiration was from the broken tools in his own farming business. Because of that, he wanted to look for a more efficient and durable product and decided to make his own. <br />
Many engineers followed his idea and made their contribution to this open source product design. However, unlike the open source 3D printer, I don’t think tractor can be replicated perfectly through the open source sharing. Two critical reasons are: 1. Durability and safety issues. 2. Sustainability and environmental impact.<br />
If you mess up with your 3D printer, the worst thing probably happens may just be that your printer is broken. However, if something wrong when you operate these hardware, you may get injured. Even Marci’s team can have their open design blueprint with enough safety consideration. There will be a lot of safety issues when people try to DIY their products.<br />
Another thing I thought may be problematic is about environmental impact. Although I consider economics concepts are not very useful in a real world, but I do agree that the specialization could make this world better. What I see from OSE project are they trying to make an individual capable of doing all the stuffs. In small-scale production, that can be effective. However, it won’t be efficient in resource distribution if this project becomes a mainstream production.<br />
<br />
B) http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/12/23/131223fa_fact_eakin<br />
In general, the author thought the OSE project was too utopian. For more details, the environmental condition of e farm village was too hard to handle by project volunteers. Project volunteers were less skilled compared to expectation. The whole project was really struggling rather than the beautiful and efficient image in Marci’s head. The author consider the OSE project is too idealistic and Marci always try to use passion to solve the problem which is not appropriate.<br />
<br />
C) I think the ecocar team probably will have interests on auto parts DIY sharing. However, I still feel negative about this idea and think the open source sharing should be limited to simple mechanical parts and systems.</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=116570User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-01-27T21:16:26Z<p>Dzy5042: /* Blog 2: OSE project */</p>
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
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__TOC__<br />
<br />
=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
<br />
''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
<br />
[[File:gyrornament.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
<br />
This just looks so beautiful. The original design of gyrornament is made by ivory, which are mostly acquired from illegal source. I think that to some extent, 3D printed pla has certain similarity with ivory on artistic value except the price. At first this thing seems to be extremely difficult to print, but the feedback on thingiverse are generally positive. [http://http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:192325 Source]<br />
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[[File:octopus stand.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
<br />
This thing just tend to be funny in its design. The idea of tablet stand is not novel and very straight forward to everyone. Most to cases, I see designs in this category just tend to focus on its functionality. This octopus tablet just seems to be so interesting on its appearance. I probably will say no to this design if I want to buy a tablet stand, and I think most people consider octopus tentacles as disgusting. However, this design is so funny when you see it at the first time. [http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61718 Source]<br />
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[[File:hex tie.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is useless'''<br />
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The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
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[[File:earbud case.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is useful'''<br />
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This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
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[[File:sneaker.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is surprising to me'''<br />
<br />
I never imagined that 3D printer can print such a flexible product as sneakers. The author said that he use FILAFLEX Elastic filament 3mm. I don't know what printer is needed for this filament, but this sneaker just looks so innovative and the design is cool. By the way, the author also has made some printing video of sneakers, and it looks amazing. The elastic filament may point out another world for 3D printed products. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:154188 Source]<br />
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<br />
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=Blog 2: OSE project=<br />
''We were asked to research about OSE projects and respond to the following:<br />
<br />
''A) I want your general impressions of the OSE project; positive, negative, utopian, etc. Please do a bit more research than just viewing the video, as it is now several years old and they have made some progress since then. Links to more recent videos and media will earn you a better blog. <br />
<br />
''B) The New Yorker magazine recently had a fairly critical article regarding Marcin's OSE project. Find/link that article and summarize its critique. Marcin had a response to that: I'd like your response to both of these pieces. <br />
<br />
''C) Imagine we want to create capabilities similar to what Marcin has made at PSU (something like an OSE student club, or another effort). I don't think the administration or trustees would support such a thing, but there might be professors who are interested in supporting such a thing. Do you know any of them? What do they do, and why do you think they would be interested in such a project? Imagine you are looking for allies to do such a thing. Whom is on your list and why?<br />
<br />
Here are my answers:<br />
<br />
A) My general impressions of the OSE project is not positive. I would not say that I totally disagree with their idea, but I don’t think that should be the way to do. Marcin stated his inspiration was from the broken tools in his own farming business. Because of that, he wanted to look for a more efficient and durable product and decided to make his own. <br />
Many engineers followed his idea and made their contribution to this open source product design. However, unlike the open source 3D printer, I don’t think tractor can be replicated perfectly through the open source sharing. Two critical reasons are: 1. Durability and safety issues. 2. Sustainability and environmental impact.<br />
If you mess up with your 3D printer, the worst thing probably happens may just be that your printer is broken. However, if something wrong when you operate these hardware, you may get injured. Even Marci’s team can have their open design blueprint with enough safety consideration. There will be a lot of safety issues when people try to DIY their products.<br />
Another thing I thought may be problematic is about environmental impact. Although I consider economics concepts are not very useful in a real world, but I do agree that the specialization could make this world better. What I see from OSE project are they trying to make an individual capable of doing all the stuffs. In small-scale production, that can be effective. However, it won’t be efficient in resource distribution if this project becomes a mainstream production.<br />
<br />
B) http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/12/23/131223fa_fact_eakin<br />
In general, the author thought the OSE project was too utopian. For more details, the environmental condition of e farm village was too hard to handle by project volunteers. Project volunteers were less skilled compared to expectation. The whole project was really struggling rather than the beautiful and efficient image in Marci’s head. The author consider the OSE project is too idealistic and Marci always try to use passion to solve the problem which is not appropriate.<br />
<br />
C) I think the ecocar team probably will have interests on auto parts DIY sharing. However, I still feel negative about this idea and think the open source sharing should be limited to simple mechanical parts and systems.</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=116569User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-01-27T21:16:10Z<p>Dzy5042: /* Blog 2: OSE project */</p>
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
<br />
__TOC__<br />
<br />
=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
<br />
''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
<br />
[[File:gyrornament.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
<br />
This just looks so beautiful. The original design of gyrornament is made by ivory, which are mostly acquired from illegal source. I think that to some extent, 3D printed pla has certain similarity with ivory on artistic value except the price. At first this thing seems to be extremely difficult to print, but the feedback on thingiverse are generally positive. [http://http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:192325 Source]<br />
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[[File:octopus stand.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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<br />
'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
<br />
This thing just tend to be funny in its design. The idea of tablet stand is not novel and very straight forward to everyone. Most to cases, I see designs in this category just tend to focus on its functionality. This octopus tablet just seems to be so interesting on its appearance. I probably will say no to this design if I want to buy a tablet stand, and I think most people consider octopus tentacles as disgusting. However, this design is so funny when you see it at the first time. [http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61718 Source]<br />
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[[File:hex tie.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is useless'''<br />
<br />
The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
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<br />
[[File:earbud case.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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<br />
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'''An item that is useful'''<br />
<br />
This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
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[[File:sneaker.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is surprising to me'''<br />
<br />
I never imagined that 3D printer can print such a flexible product as sneakers. The author said that he use FILAFLEX Elastic filament 3mm. I don't know what printer is needed for this filament, but this sneaker just looks so innovative and the design is cool. By the way, the author also has made some printing video of sneakers, and it looks amazing. The elastic filament may point out another world for 3D printed products. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:154188 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
=Blog 2: OSE project=<br />
''We were asked to research about OSE projects and respond to the following:<br />
<br />
''A) I want your general impressions of the OSE project; positive, negative, utopian, etc. Please do a bit more research than just viewing the video, as it is now several years old and they have made some progress since then. Links to more recent videos and media will earn you a better blog. <br />
<br />
''B) The New Yorker magazine recently had a fairly critical article regarding Marcin's OSE project. Find/link that article and summarize its critique. Marcin had a response to that: I'd like your response to both of these pieces. <br />
''C) Imagine we want to create capabilities similar to what Marcin has made at PSU (something like an OSE student club, or another effort). I don't think the administration or trustees would support such a thing, but there might be professors who are interested in supporting such a thing. Do you know any of them? What do they do, and why do you think they would be interested in such a project? Imagine you are looking for allies to do such a thing. Whom is on your list and why?<br />
<br />
Here are my answers:<br />
<br />
A) My general impressions of the OSE project is not positive. I would not say that I totally disagree with their idea, but I don’t think that should be the way to do. Marcin stated his inspiration was from the broken tools in his own farming business. Because of that, he wanted to look for a more efficient and durable product and decided to make his own. <br />
Many engineers followed his idea and made their contribution to this open source product design. However, unlike the open source 3D printer, I don’t think tractor can be replicated perfectly through the open source sharing. Two critical reasons are: 1. Durability and safety issues. 2. Sustainability and environmental impact.<br />
If you mess up with your 3D printer, the worst thing probably happens may just be that your printer is broken. However, if something wrong when you operate these hardware, you may get injured. Even Marci’s team can have their open design blueprint with enough safety consideration. There will be a lot of safety issues when people try to DIY their products.<br />
Another thing I thought may be problematic is about environmental impact. Although I consider economics concepts are not very useful in a real world, but I do agree that the specialization could make this world better. What I see from OSE project are they trying to make an individual capable of doing all the stuffs. In small-scale production, that can be effective. However, it won’t be efficient in resource distribution if this project becomes a mainstream production.<br />
<br />
B) http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/12/23/131223fa_fact_eakin<br />
In general, the author thought the OSE project was too utopian. For more details, the environmental condition of e farm village was too hard to handle by project volunteers. Project volunteers were less skilled compared to expectation. The whole project was really struggling rather than the beautiful and efficient image in Marci’s head. The author consider the OSE project is too idealistic and Marci always try to use passion to solve the problem which is not appropriate.<br />
<br />
C) I think the ecocar team probably will have interests on auto parts DIY sharing. However, I still feel negative about this idea and think the open source sharing should be limited to simple mechanical parts and systems.</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=116568User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-01-27T21:15:48Z<p>Dzy5042: /* Blog 2: OSE project */</p>
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
<br />
__TOC__<br />
<br />
=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
<br />
''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
<br />
[[File:gyrornament.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
<br />
This just looks so beautiful. The original design of gyrornament is made by ivory, which are mostly acquired from illegal source. I think that to some extent, 3D printed pla has certain similarity with ivory on artistic value except the price. At first this thing seems to be extremely difficult to print, but the feedback on thingiverse are generally positive. [http://http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:192325 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:octopus stand.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
<br />
This thing just tend to be funny in its design. The idea of tablet stand is not novel and very straight forward to everyone. Most to cases, I see designs in this category just tend to focus on its functionality. This octopus tablet just seems to be so interesting on its appearance. I probably will say no to this design if I want to buy a tablet stand, and I think most people consider octopus tentacles as disgusting. However, this design is so funny when you see it at the first time. [http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61718 Source]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[File:hex tie.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is useless'''<br />
<br />
The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
<br />
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[[File:earbud case.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is useful'''<br />
<br />
This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
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[[File:sneaker.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is surprising to me'''<br />
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I never imagined that 3D printer can print such a flexible product as sneakers. The author said that he use FILAFLEX Elastic filament 3mm. I don't know what printer is needed for this filament, but this sneaker just looks so innovative and the design is cool. By the way, the author also has made some printing video of sneakers, and it looks amazing. The elastic filament may point out another world for 3D printed products. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:154188 Source]<br />
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=Blog 2: OSE project=<br />
''We were asked to research about OSE projects and respond to the following:<br />
<br />
''A) I want your general impressions of the OSE project; positive, negative, utopian, etc. Please do a bit more research than just viewing the video, as it is now several years old and they have made some progress since then. Links to more recent videos and media will earn you a better blog. <br />
<br />
''B) The New Yorker magazine recently had a fairly critical article regarding Marcin's OSE project. Find/link that article and summarize its critique. Marcin had a response to that: I'd like your response to both of these pieces. <br />
''C) Imagine we want to create capabilities similar to what Marcin has made at PSU (something like an OSE student club, or another effort). I don't think the administration or trustees would support such a thing, but there might be professors who are interested in supporting such a thing. Do you know any of them? What do they do, and why do you think they would be interested in such a project? Imagine you are looking for allies to do such a thing. Whom is on your list and why?''<br />
<br />
Here are my answers:<br />
<br />
A) My general impressions of the OSE project is not positive. I would not say that I totally disagree with their idea, but I don’t think that should be the way to do. Marcin stated his inspiration was from the broken tools in his own farming business. Because of that, he wanted to look for a more efficient and durable product and decided to make his own. <br />
Many engineers followed his idea and made their contribution to this open source product design. However, unlike the open source 3D printer, I don’t think tractor can be replicated perfectly through the open source sharing. Two critical reasons are: 1. Durability and safety issues. 2. Sustainability and environmental impact.<br />
If you mess up with your 3D printer, the worst thing probably happens may just be that your printer is broken. However, if something wrong when you operate these hardware, you may get injured. Even Marci’s team can have their open design blueprint with enough safety consideration. There will be a lot of safety issues when people try to DIY their products.<br />
Another thing I thought may be problematic is about environmental impact. Although I consider economics concepts are not very useful in a real world, but I do agree that the specialization could make this world better. What I see from OSE project are they trying to make an individual capable of doing all the stuffs. In small-scale production, that can be effective. However, it won’t be efficient in resource distribution if this project becomes a mainstream production.<br />
<br />
B) http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/12/23/131223fa_fact_eakin<br />
In general, the author thought the OSE project was too utopian. For more details, the environmental condition of e farm village was too hard to handle by project volunteers. Project volunteers were less skilled compared to expectation. The whole project was really struggling rather than the beautiful and efficient image in Marci’s head. The author consider the OSE project is too idealistic and Marci always try to use passion to solve the problem which is not appropriate.<br />
<br />
C) I think the ecocar team probably will have interests on auto parts DIY sharing. However, I still feel negative about this idea and think the open source sharing should be limited to simple mechanical parts and systems.</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=116567User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-01-27T21:15:25Z<p>Dzy5042: /* Blog 2: OSE project */</p>
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
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=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
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''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
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[[File:gyrornament.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
<br />
This just looks so beautiful. The original design of gyrornament is made by ivory, which are mostly acquired from illegal source. I think that to some extent, 3D printed pla has certain similarity with ivory on artistic value except the price. At first this thing seems to be extremely difficult to print, but the feedback on thingiverse are generally positive. [http://http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:192325 Source]<br />
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[[File:octopus stand.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
<br />
This thing just tend to be funny in its design. The idea of tablet stand is not novel and very straight forward to everyone. Most to cases, I see designs in this category just tend to focus on its functionality. This octopus tablet just seems to be so interesting on its appearance. I probably will say no to this design if I want to buy a tablet stand, and I think most people consider octopus tentacles as disgusting. However, this design is so funny when you see it at the first time. [http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61718 Source]<br />
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[[File:hex tie.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is useless'''<br />
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The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
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[[File:earbud case.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is useful'''<br />
<br />
This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
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[[File:sneaker.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is surprising to me'''<br />
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I never imagined that 3D printer can print such a flexible product as sneakers. The author said that he use FILAFLEX Elastic filament 3mm. I don't know what printer is needed for this filament, but this sneaker just looks so innovative and the design is cool. By the way, the author also has made some printing video of sneakers, and it looks amazing. The elastic filament may point out another world for 3D printed products. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:154188 Source]<br />
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<br />
<br />
=Blog 2: OSE project=<br />
''We were asked to research about OSE projects and respond to the following:<br />
<br />
A) I want your general impressions of the OSE project; positive, negative, utopian, etc. Please do a bit more research than just viewing the video, as it is now several years old and they have made some progress since then. Links to more recent videos and media will earn you a better blog. <br />
<br />
B) The New Yorker magazine recently had a fairly critical article regarding Marcin's OSE project. Find/link that article and summarize its critique. Marcin had a response to that: I'd like your response to both of these pieces. <br />
C) Imagine we want to create capabilities similar to what Marcin has made at PSU (something like an OSE student club, or another effort). I don't think the administration or trustees would support such a thing, but there might be professors who are interested in supporting such a thing. Do you know any of them? What do they do, and why do you think they would be interested in such a project? Imagine you are looking for allies to do such a thing. Whom is on your list and why?''<br />
<br />
Here are my answers:<br />
<br />
A) My general impressions of the OSE project is not positive. I would not say that I totally disagree with their idea, but I don’t think that should be the way to do. Marcin stated his inspiration was from the broken tools in his own farming business. Because of that, he wanted to look for a more efficient and durable product and decided to make his own. <br />
Many engineers followed his idea and made their contribution to this open source product design. However, unlike the open source 3D printer, I don’t think tractor can be replicated perfectly through the open source sharing. Two critical reasons are: 1. Durability and safety issues. 2. Sustainability and environmental impact.<br />
If you mess up with your 3D printer, the worst thing probably happens may just be that your printer is broken. However, if something wrong when you operate these hardware, you may get injured. Even Marci’s team can have their open design blueprint with enough safety consideration. There will be a lot of safety issues when people try to DIY their products.<br />
Another thing I thought may be problematic is about environmental impact. Although I consider economics concepts are not very useful in a real world, but I do agree that the specialization could make this world better. What I see from OSE project are they trying to make an individual capable of doing all the stuffs. In small-scale production, that can be effective. However, it won’t be efficient in resource distribution if this project becomes a mainstream production.<br />
<br />
B) http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/12/23/131223fa_fact_eakin<br />
In general, the author thought the OSE project was too utopian. For more details, the environmental condition of e farm village was too hard to handle by project volunteers. Project volunteers were less skilled compared to expectation. The whole project was really struggling rather than the beautiful and efficient image in Marci’s head. The author consider the OSE project is too idealistic and Marci always try to use passion to solve the problem which is not appropriate.<br />
<br />
C) I think the ecocar team probably will have interests on auto parts DIY sharing. However, I still feel negative about this idea and think the open source sharing should be limited to simple mechanical parts and systems.</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=116566User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-01-27T21:14:36Z<p>Dzy5042: /* Blog 2: OSE project */</p>
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
<br />
__TOC__<br />
<br />
=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
<br />
''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
<br />
[[File:gyrornament.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
<br />
This just looks so beautiful. The original design of gyrornament is made by ivory, which are mostly acquired from illegal source. I think that to some extent, 3D printed pla has certain similarity with ivory on artistic value except the price. At first this thing seems to be extremely difficult to print, but the feedback on thingiverse are generally positive. [http://http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:192325 Source]<br />
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[[File:octopus stand.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
<br />
This thing just tend to be funny in its design. The idea of tablet stand is not novel and very straight forward to everyone. Most to cases, I see designs in this category just tend to focus on its functionality. This octopus tablet just seems to be so interesting on its appearance. I probably will say no to this design if I want to buy a tablet stand, and I think most people consider octopus tentacles as disgusting. However, this design is so funny when you see it at the first time. [http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61718 Source]<br />
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[[File:hex tie.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is useless'''<br />
<br />
The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
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[[File:earbud case.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is useful'''<br />
<br />
This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
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[[File:sneaker.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is surprising to me'''<br />
<br />
I never imagined that 3D printer can print such a flexible product as sneakers. The author said that he use FILAFLEX Elastic filament 3mm. I don't know what printer is needed for this filament, but this sneaker just looks so innovative and the design is cool. By the way, the author also has made some printing video of sneakers, and it looks amazing. The elastic filament may point out another world for 3D printed products. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:154188 Source]<br />
<br />
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<br />
<br />
<br />
=Blog 2: OSE project=<br />
We were asked to research about OSE projects and respond to the following:<br />
<br />
A) I want your general impressions of the OSE project; positive, negative, utopian, etc. Please do a bit more research than just viewing the video, as it is now several years old and they have made some progress since then. Links to more recent videos and media will earn you a better blog. <br />
<br />
B) The New Yorker magazine recently had a fairly critical article regarding Marcin's OSE project. Find/link that article and summarize its critique. Marcin had a response to that: I'd like your response to both of these pieces. <br />
C) Imagine we want to create capabilities similar to what Marcin has made at PSU (something like an OSE student club, or another effort). I don't think the administration or trustees would support such a thing, but there might be professors who are interested in supporting such a thing. Do you know any of them? What do they do, and why do you think they would be interested in such a project? Imagine you are looking for allies to do such a thing. Whom is on your list and why?<br />
<br />
Here are my answers:<br />
<br />
A) My general impressions of the OSE project is not positive. I would not say that I totally disagree with their idea, but I don’t think that should be the way to do. Marcin stated his inspiration was from the broken tools in his own farming business. Because of that, he wanted to look for a more efficient and durable product and decided to make his own. <br />
Many engineers followed his idea and made their contribution to this open source product design. However, unlike the open source 3D printer, I don’t think tractor can be replicated perfectly through the open source sharing. Two critical reasons are: 1. Durability and safety issues. 2. Sustainability and environmental impact.<br />
If you mess up with your 3D printer, the worst thing probably happens may just be that your printer is broken. However, if something wrong when you operate these hardware, you may get injured. Even Marci’s team can have their open design blueprint with enough safety consideration. There will be a lot of safety issues when people try to DIY their products.<br />
Another thing I thought may be problematic is about environmental impact. Although I consider economics concepts are not very useful in a real world, but I do agree that the specialization could make this world better. What I see from OSE project are they trying to make an individual capable of doing all the stuffs. In small-scale production, that can be effective. However, it won’t be efficient in resource distribution if this project becomes a mainstream production.<br />
<br />
B) http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/12/23/131223fa_fact_eakin<br />
In general, the author thought the OSE project was too utopian. For more details, the environmental condition of e farm village was too hard to handle by project volunteers. Project volunteers were less skilled compared to expectation. The whole project was really struggling rather than the beautiful and efficient image in Marci’s head. The author consider the OSE project is too idealistic and Marci always try to use passion to solve the problem which is not appropriate.<br />
<br />
C) I think the ecocar team probably will have interests on auto parts DIY sharing. However, I still feel negative about this idea and think the open source sharing should be limited to simple mechanical parts and systems.</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=116565User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-01-27T21:12:43Z<p>Dzy5042: </p>
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
<br />
__TOC__<br />
<br />
=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
<br />
''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
<br />
[[File:gyrornament.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
<br />
This just looks so beautiful. The original design of gyrornament is made by ivory, which are mostly acquired from illegal source. I think that to some extent, 3D printed pla has certain similarity with ivory on artistic value except the price. At first this thing seems to be extremely difficult to print, but the feedback on thingiverse are generally positive. [http://http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:192325 Source]<br />
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<br />
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<br />
[[File:octopus stand.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
<br />
This thing just tend to be funny in its design. The idea of tablet stand is not novel and very straight forward to everyone. Most to cases, I see designs in this category just tend to focus on its functionality. This octopus tablet just seems to be so interesting on its appearance. I probably will say no to this design if I want to buy a tablet stand, and I think most people consider octopus tentacles as disgusting. However, this design is so funny when you see it at the first time. [http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61718 Source]<br />
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[[File:hex tie.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is useless'''<br />
<br />
The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
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<br />
[[File:earbud case.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
'''An item that is useful'''<br />
<br />
This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
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[[File:sneaker.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is surprising to me'''<br />
<br />
I never imagined that 3D printer can print such a flexible product as sneakers. The author said that he use FILAFLEX Elastic filament 3mm. I don't know what printer is needed for this filament, but this sneaker just looks so innovative and the design is cool. By the way, the author also has made some printing video of sneakers, and it looks amazing. The elastic filament may point out another world for 3D printed products. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:154188 Source]<br />
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=Blog 2: OSE project=</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=116564User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-01-27T21:11:35Z<p>Dzy5042: </p>
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
<br />
__TOC__<br />
<br />
=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
<br />
''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
<br />
[[File:gyrornament.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
<br />
This just looks so beautiful. The original design of gyrornament is made by ivory, which are mostly acquired from illegal source. I think that to some extent, 3D printed pla has certain similarity with ivory on artistic value except the price. At first this thing seems to be extremely difficult to print, but the feedback on thingiverse are generally positive. [http://http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:192325 Source]<br />
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[[File:octopus stand.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
<br />
This thing just tend to be funny in its design. The idea of tablet stand is not novel and very straight forward to everyone. Most to cases, I see designs in this category just tend to focus on its functionality. This octopus tablet just seems to be so interesting on its appearance. I probably will say no to this design if I want to buy a tablet stand, and I think most people consider octopus tentacles as disgusting. However, this design is so funny when you see it at the first time. [http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61718 Source]<br />
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[[File:hex tie.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is useless'''<br />
<br />
The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
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[[File:earbud case.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is useful'''<br />
<br />
This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
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[[File:sneaker.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is surprising to me'''<br />
<br />
I never imagined that 3D printer can print such a flexible product as sneakers. The author said that he use FILAFLEX Elastic filament 3mm. I don't know what printer is needed for this filament, but this sneaker just looks so innovative and the design is cool. By the way, the author also has made some printing video of sneakers, and it looks amazing. The elastic filament may point out another world for 3D printed products. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:154188 Source]<br />
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=Blog 2: OSE project=</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=RUG/Pennsylvania/State_College/Scrugmembers&diff=115701RUG/Pennsylvania/State College/Scrugmembers2014-01-21T20:05:27Z<p>Dzy5042: </p>
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| [[User:Tunkelbs | Brandon Tunkel]] || [[User:Zzl5038 | Zihao Liu]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Zzl5038|contributions]])</small> || [[User:drewgolterman | Drew Golterman]] <br />
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| [[User:Ian_Beavers | Ian Beavers]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Zzl5038|contributions]])</small> || [[User:Wjf5042 | Wild Bill Fabrizi]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Wjf5042|contributions]])</small> || [[User:Keevon7 | Kevin Moyer]] <br />
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| [[User:jrf5222| jrf5222]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/jrf5222|contributions]])</small> || [[User:MarkKeller22 | Mark Keller]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/MarkKeller22|contributions]])</small>|| [[User:Snc5178 | Sam Carroll]]<br />
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| [[User:Dgdwazzaaa| Dimitar Dimitrov]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Dgdwazzaaa|contributions]])</small> || [[User:Blacklaser | Blacklaser]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Blacklaser|contributions]])</small>|| [[User:Las5661 | Lee Schwartz]]<br />
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| [[User:Conraider| Ryan Conrad]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Conraider|contributions]])</small>|| [[User:Djl5217 | Djl5217]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Djl5217|contributions]])</small>|| [[User:Jlm5940 | Jessica Mewkalo]]<br />
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| [[user:Atokarz | Austin Tokarz]] || [[User:Cjm5325 | Cjm5325]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Cjm5325|contributions]])</small>|| [[User:Jarred | Jarred Glickstein]] <small><br />
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| [[user:hamednano | Hamed Lashkari]] ||[[User:DM0lition21 | DM0lition21]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/DM0lition21|contributions]])</small>|| [[User:Dzy5042 | Dongao Yang]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Dzy5042|contributions]])</small><br />
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| [[user:bxl5138 | Brandon Leshchinskiy]] ||[[User:Vatlark | Vatlark]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Vatlark|contributions]])</small>||<br />
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| [[User:axp1002 |Abhishek Pathak]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Abhishek Pathak|contributions]])</small> ||[[User:PwNzI | PwNzI]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/PwNzI|contributions]])</small>||<br />
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| [[user:avl5279 | Abbie Letts]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/avl5279|contributions]])</small> ||[[User:Mrockar | Matt Rockar]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Mrockar|contributions]])</small>||<br />
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| [[user:StevenRekstad |Steven Rekstad]] ||[[User:Dms5982 | Dms5982]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Dms5982|contributions]])</small>||<br />
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| [[user:Tms5308 |Tom Stewart]] ||[[User:YaqiYang | YaqiYang]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/YaqiYang|contributions]])</small>||<br />
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| [[user:qac1991 |Quinn Carpenter]] ||[[User_talk:Eky5006 | Eky5006]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Eky5006|contributions]])</small>||<br />
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|[[User:Patman | Patrick Mangan]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Patman|contributions]])</small>||[[User:Xiaomo Zhang | Xiaomo Zhang]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Xiaomo Zhang|contributions]])</small>||<br />
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|[[User:Jjb5476 | Joseph Benjamin]] ||[[User:Btz5006 | Blake Ziegler]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Btz5006|contributions]])</small>||<br />
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|[[User:Llf5095 | Leo Funk]] ||[[User:Yoc5166 | Yoc5166]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Yoc5166|contributions]])</small> ||<br />
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|[[User:MadelineRoche | Madeline Roche]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Yoc5166|contributions]])</small>|| ||<br />
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| [[User:Peter210195 | Peter Dorsey]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/nmt5072|contributions]])</small> || ||<br />
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| [[User:Asb5165 | Alex Blenheim]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Asb5165|contributions]])</small> || [[User:snb5148 | Stephanie Baker]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/snb5148|contributions]])</small> || [[User:marcierengifo | marcierengifo]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/marcierengifo|contributions]])</small> || [[User:Jza127| Jza127]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Jza127|contributions]])</small><br />
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| [[User:Atk5083 | Alexander Kasinec]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Atk5083|contributions]])</small> || [[User:Jsm5321 | Jon Marshall]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Jsm5321|contributions]])</small> || [[User:Edk5035 | Edk5035]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Edk5035|contributions]])</small> ||<br />
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| [[User:Bac5244 | Bac5244]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Bac5244|contributions]])</small> || [[User:jwo5069 | Jonathon O'Hora]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/jwo5069|contributions]])</small> || [[User:arfalcsik | arfalcsik]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/arfalcsik|contributions]])</small> ||<br />
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| [[User:bbv5002| Ben Visnesky]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/bbv5002|contributions]])</small> || [[User:wjf5042 | Bill Fabrizi]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/wjf5042|contributions]])</small> || [[User:Dak | Dak]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Dak|contributions]])</small> ||<br />
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| [[User:Steven_Crump| Steven Crump]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Steven_Crump|contributions]])</small> || [[User:kms5409 | Kyle Schillaci]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/kms5409|contributions]])</small> || [[User:mslusher2011 | mslusher2011]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/mslusher2011|contributions]])</small> ||<br />
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| [[User:Djg5125 | Daniel Guy]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Djg5125|contributions]])</small> || [[User:tch5085 | Taylor Hornung]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/tch5085|contributions]])</small> || [[User:Jfo5039 | John O'Brien]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Jfo5039|contributions]])</small> ||<br />
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| [[User:djb5469 | David Blyton]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/djb5469|contributions]])</small> ||[[User:mxe5022 | Mike Edwards]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/mxe5022|contributions]])</small> || [[User:CharmQuark | CharmQuark]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/CharmQuark|contributions]])</small> ||<br />
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| [[User:dwj131| Douglas Jordan]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/dwj131|contributions]])</small> ||[[User:kpb5069 | Kerry Brunner]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/kpb5069|contributions]])</small> || [[User:Nix-7c0 | Nix-7c0]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Nix-7c0|contributions]])</small> ||<br />
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| [[User:gaz5013| Graham Zimmerman]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/gaz5013|contributions]])</small> || [[User:klk5327 | Katerina Kostadinova]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Klk5327|contributions]])</small> || [[User:Elmatador | Jgb5067]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Elmatador|contributions]])</small> ||<br />
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| [[User:gmm5136 | Gregory Mann]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/gmm5136|contributions]])</small> || [[User:jrk337 | Joe Kotvas]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/jrk337|contributions]])</small> ||[[User: aeb5404 | aeb5404]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/aeb5404|contributions]])</small> ||<br />
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| [[User:jib5181 | Joe Bartolai]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/jib5181|contributions]])</small> || [[User:alexequals | Alex Thomson]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Alexequals|contributions]])</small> || [[User:Nathanb | Nathanb]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Nathanb|contributions]])</small> ||<br />
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| [[User:jzo5022 | John Oronzio]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/jzo5022|contributions]])</small> <br />
|| [[User:axs5327 | Anil Senturk]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/axs5327|contributions]])</small><br />
|| [[User:eas5311| eas5311]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/eas5311|contributions]])</small> ||<br />
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| [[User:jms6579 | Jonathan Snyder]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/jms6579 |contributions]])</small> || [[User:Mts5140 | Matt Samperi]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Mts5140|contributions]])</small> || [[User:ksalitrik | ksalitrik]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/ksalitrik|contributions]])</small> ||<br />
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| [[User:kwc5097 | Kiley Coombe]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/kwc5097|contributions]])</small> || [[User:theherschmeister | Herschel Pangborn]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/theherschmeister|contributions]])</small> || [[User:EtherDais | EtherDais]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/EtherDais|contributions]])</small> ||<br />
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| [[User:Malcat | Mallory Guarino]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Malcat|contributions]])</small> || [[User:dgs5101 | Dan Shriver]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/dgs5101|contributions]])</small>|| [[User:dpd5061| dpd5061]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/dpd5061|contributions]])</small> ||<br />
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| [[User:Maria_P| Maria Poluch]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Maria_P|contributions]])</small> || [[User:krm5222 | Kristen Murray]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/krm5222|contributions]])</small> || [[User:Samkountz | Samkountz]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Samkountz|contributions]])</small> ||<br />
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| [[User:nop5031 | Nick Pinn]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/nop5031|contributions]])</small>|| [[User:stormyzim | Ryan Mannino]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/stormyzim|contributions]])</small> || [[User:KtripPSU | KtripPSU]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/KtripPSU|contributions]])</small> || <br />
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| [[User:nmt5072 | Nithin Thomas]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/nmt5072|contributions]])</small> || [[User:ajo5115 | Andrew Oreskovich]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/ajo5115|contributions]])</small> || [[User:jwo5069 | jwo5069]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/jwo5069|contributions]])</small> ||<br />
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| [[User:Tms54| Thomas Stitt]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/Tms54|contributions]])</small> || [[User:bjs5286 | bjs5286]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/bjs5286|contributions]])</small> || [[User:igm5007 | igm5007]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/igm5007|contributions]])</small> ||<br />
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| [[User:amb5906 | Tony Burt]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/amb5906|contributions]])</small> || || [[User:JLaz | JLaz]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/JLaz|contributions]])</small> ||<br />
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| [[User:swy5105 | Sami Yuhas]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/swy5105|contributions]])</small> || || [[User:php5014 | php5014]] <small>([[Special:Contributions/php5014|contributions]])</small> ||<br />
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
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=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
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''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
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'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
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This just looks so beautiful. The original design of gyrornament is made by ivory, which are mostly acquired from illegal source. I think that to some extent, 3D printed pla has certain similarity with ivory on artistic value except the price. At first this thing seems to be extremely difficult to print, but the feedback on thingiverse are generally positive. [http://http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:192325 Source]<br />
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'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
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This thing just tend to be funny in its design. The idea of tablet stand is not novel and very straight forward to everyone. Most to cases, I see designs in this category just tend to focus on its functionality. This octopus tablet just seems to be so interesting on its appearance. I probably will say no to this design if I want to buy a tablet stand, and I think most people consider octopus tentacles as disgusting. However, this design is so funny when you see it at the first time. [http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61718 Source]<br />
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The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
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'''An item that is useful'''<br />
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This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
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I never imagined that 3D printer can print such a flexible product as sneakers. The author said that he use FILAFLEX Elastic filament 3mm. I don't know what printer is needed for this filament, but this sneaker just looks so innovative and the design is cool. By the way, the author also has made some printing video of sneakers, and it looks amazing. The elastic filament may point out another world for 3D printed products. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:154188 Source]</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=115324User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-01-18T14:40:24Z<p>Dzy5042: /* Blog 1: Thingiverse */</p>
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
<br />
__TOC__<br />
<br />
=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
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''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
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[[File:gyrornament.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
<br />
This just looks so beautiful. The original design of gyrornament is made by ivory, which are mostly acquired from illegal source. I think that to some extent, 3D printed pla has certain similarity with ivory on artistic value except the price. At first this thing seems to be extremely difficult to print, but the feedback on thingiverse are generally positive. [http://http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:192325 Source]<br />
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[[File:octopus stand.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
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This thing just tend to be funny in its design. The idea of tablet stand is not novel and very straight forward to everyone. Most to cases, I see designs in this category just tend to focus on its functionality. This octopus tablet just seems to be so interesting on its appearance. I probably will say no to this design if I want to buy a tablet stand, and I think most people consider octopus tentacles as disgusting. However, this design is so funny when you see it at the first time. [http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61718 Source]<br />
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'''An item that is useless'''<br />
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The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
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[[File:earbud case.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is useful'''<br />
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This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
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'''The best printable Raspberry Pi case I could find'''<br />
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This was the best case that I could find. It had a lot of made versions and a lot of likes. It also allows for customization of the case, because the cut-out holes (that are in the shape of a raspberry in the original version) can be changed (there are some examples in the collection of "I Made One" pictures). The instructions also include a detailed blog post which seems useful for trouble-shooting and gives a lot of credibility to the creators. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:30646 Source]<br />
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Out of all the prints I found, none of them really surprised me. I'm not entirely sure how the wood booklet one prints and I'm a bit surprised/confused that someone would print a ping pong ball. I also am still not sure how printing with supports looks like so I would be interested to see that, but not surprised by the outcome, since classmates have already explained how supports work.</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=115323User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-01-18T14:40:04Z<p>Dzy5042: /* Blog 1: Thingiverse */</p>
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
<br />
__TOC__<br />
<br />
=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
<br />
''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
<br />
[[File:gyrornament.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
<br />
'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
<br />
This just looks so beautiful. The original design of gyrornament is made by ivory, which are mostly acquired from illegal source. I think that to some extent, 3D printed pla has certain similarity with ivory on artistic value except the price. At first this thing seems to be extremely difficult to print, but the feedback on thingiverse are generally positive. [http://http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:192325 Source]<br />
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[[File:octopus stand.png|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
<br />
This thing just tend to be funny in its design. The idea of tablet stand is not novel and very straight forward to everyone. Most to cases, I see designs in this category just tend to focus on its functionality. This octopus tablet just seems to be so interesting on its appearance. I probably will say no to this design if I want to buy a tablet stand, and I think most people consider octopus tentacles as disgusting. However, this design is so funny when you see it at the first time. [http://www.thingiverse.com/make:61718 Source]<br />
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[[File:hex tie.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is useless'''<br />
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The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
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'''An item that is useful'''<br />
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This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
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'''The best printable Raspberry Pi case I could find'''<br />
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This was the best case that I could find. It had a lot of made versions and a lot of likes. It also allows for customization of the case, because the cut-out holes (that are in the shape of a raspberry in the original version) can be changed (there are some examples in the collection of "I Made One" pictures). The instructions also include a detailed blog post which seems useful for trouble-shooting and gives a lot of credibility to the creators. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:30646 Source]<br />
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Out of all the prints I found, none of them really surprised me. I'm not entirely sure how the wood booklet one prints and I'm a bit surprised/confused that someone would print a ping pong ball. I also am still not sure how printing with supports looks like so I would be interested to see that, but not surprised by the outcome, since classmates have already explained how supports work.</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=File:Octopus_stand.jpg&diff=115322File:Octopus stand.jpg2014-01-18T14:32:45Z<p>Dzy5042: </p>
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=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
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''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
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'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
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This just looks so beautiful. The original design of gyrornament is made by ivory, which are mostly acquired from illegal source. I think that to some extent, 3D printed pla has certain similarity with ivory on artistic value except the price. At first this thing seems to be extremely difficult to print, but the feedback on thingiverse are generally positive. [http://http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:192325 Source]<br />
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'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
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One of my favorite movies is Sweeney Todd and I found (by cleverly using the search bar) this Sweeney Todd razor. If you haven't seen the movie or musical, you probably would put this in the useless category, especially because it's probably not sharp enough to cut anything. But I think it's a fun print, even if it would be weird to randomly whip out. If you don't know what the movie about, Sweeney Todd is a barber and his accomplice is a pie maker (see if you can make the connection). [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:95488 Source]<br />
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'''An item that is useless'''<br />
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The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
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'''An item that is useful'''<br />
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This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
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'''The best printable Raspberry Pi case I could find'''<br />
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This was the best case that I could find. It had a lot of made versions and a lot of likes. It also allows for customization of the case, because the cut-out holes (that are in the shape of a raspberry in the original version) can be changed (there are some examples in the collection of "I Made One" pictures). The instructions also include a detailed blog post which seems useful for trouble-shooting and gives a lot of credibility to the creators. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:30646 Source]<br />
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Out of all the prints I found, none of them really surprised me. I'm not entirely sure how the wood booklet one prints and I'm a bit surprised/confused that someone would print a ping pong ball. I also am still not sure how printing with supports looks like so I would be interested to see that, but not surprised by the outcome, since classmates have already explained how supports work.</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=File:Gyrornament.jpg&diff=115320File:Gyrornament.jpg2014-01-18T14:23:18Z<p>Dzy5042: </p>
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=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
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''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
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[[File:Byobu.png|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
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Here's a gorgeous Japanese-style folding screen with an ocean print. The design is both beautiful and simple although it looks complicated. I love the repeating pattern of the sides and the details on the bottom. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:146373 Source]<br />
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'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
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One of my favorite movies is Sweeney Todd and I found (by cleverly using the search bar) this Sweeney Todd razor. If you haven't seen the movie or musical, you probably would put this in the useless category, especially because it's probably not sharp enough to cut anything. But I think it's a fun print, even if it would be weird to randomly whip out. If you don't know what the movie about, Sweeney Todd is a barber and his accomplice is a pie maker (see if you can make the connection). [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:95488 Source]<br />
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'''An item that is useless'''<br />
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The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
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'''An item that is useful'''<br />
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This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
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[[File:PiCase.png|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''The best printable Raspberry Pi case I could find'''<br />
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This was the best case that I could find. It had a lot of made versions and a lot of likes. It also allows for customization of the case, because the cut-out holes (that are in the shape of a raspberry in the original version) can be changed (there are some examples in the collection of "I Made One" pictures). The instructions also include a detailed blog post which seems useful for trouble-shooting and gives a lot of credibility to the creators. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:30646 Source]<br />
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Out of all the prints I found, none of them really surprised me. I'm not entirely sure how the wood booklet one prints and I'm a bit surprised/confused that someone would print a ping pong ball. I also am still not sure how printing with supports looks like so I would be interested to see that, but not surprised by the outcome, since classmates have already explained how supports work.</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=115318User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-01-18T14:19:37Z<p>Dzy5042: /* Blog 1: Thingiverse */</p>
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
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__TOC__<br />
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=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
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''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
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[[File:Byobu.png|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
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Here's a gorgeous Japanese-style folding screen with an ocean print. The design is both beautiful and simple although it looks complicated. I love the repeating pattern of the sides and the details on the bottom. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:146373 Source]<br />
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'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
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One of my favorite movies is Sweeney Todd and I found (by cleverly using the search bar) this Sweeney Todd razor. If you haven't seen the movie or musical, you probably would put this in the useless category, especially because it's probably not sharp enough to cut anything. But I think it's a fun print, even if it would be weird to randomly whip out. If you don't know what the movie about, Sweeney Todd is a barber and his accomplice is a pie maker (see if you can make the connection). [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:95488 Source]<br />
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[[File:hex tie.png|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is useless'''<br />
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The author call it as a hex tie, but I really think it won't be a good ideal to replace your tie with this. Basically, I can put this into the category of funny things. However, the tie is for formal dress and any design trying to make fun of it just tends to be pointless. Other than that, the author actually use the spring rope to connect each piece and this thing tends to be very vulnerable. The most important, it is ugly.[http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:218459 Source]<br />
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[[File:earbud case.jpg|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is useful'''<br />
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This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
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[[File:PiCase.png|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''The best printable Raspberry Pi case I could find'''<br />
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This was the best case that I could find. It had a lot of made versions and a lot of likes. It also allows for customization of the case, because the cut-out holes (that are in the shape of a raspberry in the original version) can be changed (there are some examples in the collection of "I Made One" pictures). The instructions also include a detailed blog post which seems useful for trouble-shooting and gives a lot of credibility to the creators. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:30646 Source]<br />
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Out of all the prints I found, none of them really surprised me. I'm not entirely sure how the wood booklet one prints and I'm a bit surprised/confused that someone would print a ping pong ball. I also am still not sure how printing with supports looks like so I would be interested to see that, but not surprised by the outcome, since classmates have already explained how supports work.</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=File:Hex_tie.jpg&diff=115317File:Hex tie.jpg2014-01-18T14:15:02Z<p>Dzy5042: </p>
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
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__TOC__<br />
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=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
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''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
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[[File:Byobu.png|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
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Here's a gorgeous Japanese-style folding screen with an ocean print. The design is both beautiful and simple although it looks complicated. I love the repeating pattern of the sides and the details on the bottom. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:146373 Source]<br />
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'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
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One of my favorite movies is Sweeney Todd and I found (by cleverly using the search bar) this Sweeney Todd razor. If you haven't seen the movie or musical, you probably would put this in the useless category, especially because it's probably not sharp enough to cut anything. But I think it's a fun print, even if it would be weird to randomly whip out. If you don't know what the movie about, Sweeney Todd is a barber and his accomplice is a pie maker (see if you can make the connection). [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:95488 Source]<br />
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'''An item that is useless'''<br />
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This ping pong ball seems really pointless. If you wanted customization, you could probably use sharpie or acrylic paint on a regular ping pong ball and draw whatever you wanted. Also, I think it would be extremely difficult to print out a sphere perfectly, and having an imperfect ball would really effect a ping pong game. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:69294 Source]<br />
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'''An item that is useful'''<br />
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This is one of the most useful idea I have found on thingiverse. The reason that I think this ideal is cool and useful is that I am the person who is bothered by coiled earbud cables. On 3D printing aspect, this thing is totally fit with RepRap on its size. This print does have certain amount of overhang and has some narrow slots. It may take some effort to find out the setting to print this piece effectively and efficiently but I think it is printable in general. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:210142 Source]<br />
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[[File:PiCase.png|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''The best printable Raspberry Pi case I could find'''<br />
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This was the best case that I could find. It had a lot of made versions and a lot of likes. It also allows for customization of the case, because the cut-out holes (that are in the shape of a raspberry in the original version) can be changed (there are some examples in the collection of "I Made One" pictures). The instructions also include a detailed blog post which seems useful for trouble-shooting and gives a lot of credibility to the creators. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:30646 Source]<br />
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Out of all the prints I found, none of them really surprised me. I'm not entirely sure how the wood booklet one prints and I'm a bit surprised/confused that someone would print a ping pong ball. I also am still not sure how printing with supports looks like so I would be interested to see that, but not surprised by the outcome, since classmates have already explained how supports work.</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=115315User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-01-18T14:00:23Z<p>Dzy5042: /* Blog 1: Thingiverse */</p>
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
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__TOC__<br />
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=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
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''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
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[[File:Byobu.png|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
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Here's a gorgeous Japanese-style folding screen with an ocean print. The design is both beautiful and simple although it looks complicated. I love the repeating pattern of the sides and the details on the bottom. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:146373 Source]<br />
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'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
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One of my favorite movies is Sweeney Todd and I found (by cleverly using the search bar) this Sweeney Todd razor. If you haven't seen the movie or musical, you probably would put this in the useless category, especially because it's probably not sharp enough to cut anything. But I think it's a fun print, even if it would be weird to randomly whip out. If you don't know what the movie about, Sweeney Todd is a barber and his accomplice is a pie maker (see if you can make the connection). [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:95488 Source]<br />
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'''An item that is useless'''<br />
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This ping pong ball seems really pointless. If you wanted customization, you could probably use sharpie or acrylic paint on a regular ping pong ball and draw whatever you wanted. Also, I think it would be extremely difficult to print out a sphere perfectly, and having an imperfect ball would really effect a ping pong game. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:69294 Source]<br />
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'''An item that is useful'''<br />
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This is a cool print of a fold-able booklet. They didn't go into much detail of the technique they used but it is definitely unique, probably because I haven't seem that many wood prints. I think it would be cool to customize the front of the booklet, too. For example, you could have your name "engraved" on the front. The creators also mentioned how combining steps and using simple designs allows for cheaper production which is what I think a big part of 3D printing is. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:12707 Source]<br />
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[[File:PiCase.png|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''The best printable Raspberry Pi case I could find'''<br />
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This was the best case that I could find. It had a lot of made versions and a lot of likes. It also allows for customization of the case, because the cut-out holes (that are in the shape of a raspberry in the original version) can be changed (there are some examples in the collection of "I Made One" pictures). The instructions also include a detailed blog post which seems useful for trouble-shooting and gives a lot of credibility to the creators. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:30646 Source]<br />
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Out of all the prints I found, none of them really surprised me. I'm not entirely sure how the wood booklet one prints and I'm a bit surprised/confused that someone would print a ping pong ball. I also am still not sure how printing with supports looks like so I would be interested to see that, but not surprised by the outcome, since classmates have already explained how supports work.</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=115314User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-01-18T13:59:47Z<p>Dzy5042: /* Blog 1: Thingiverse */</p>
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For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topics that have to do with 3D printing.<br />
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__TOC__<br />
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=Blog 1: Thingiverse=<br />
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''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
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[[File:Byobu.png|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is amazing/beautiful'''<br />
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Here's a gorgeous Japanese-style folding screen with an ocean print. The design is both beautiful and simple although it looks complicated. I love the repeating pattern of the sides and the details on the bottom. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:146373 Source]<br />
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'''An item that is funny or strange'''<br />
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One of my favorite movies is Sweeney Todd and I found (by cleverly using the search bar) this Sweeney Todd razor. If you haven't seen the movie or musical, you probably would put this in the useless category, especially because it's probably not sharp enough to cut anything. But I think it's a fun print, even if it would be weird to randomly whip out. If you don't know what the movie about, Sweeney Todd is a barber and his accomplice is a pie maker (see if you can make the connection). [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:95488 Source]<br />
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[[File:Pingpong.png|thumb|left]]<br />
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'''An item that is useless'''<br />
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This ping pong ball seems really pointless. If you wanted customization, you could probably use sharpie or acrylic paint on a regular ping pong ball and draw whatever you wanted. Also, I think it would be extremely difficult to print out a sphere perfectly, and having an imperfect ball would really effect a ping pong game. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:69294 Source]<br />
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This is a cool print of a fold-able booklet. They didn't go into much detail of the technique they used but it is definitely unique, probably because I haven't seem that many wood prints. I think it would be cool to customize the front of the booklet, too. For example, you could have your name "engraved" on the front. The creators also mentioned how combining steps and using simple designs allows for cheaper production which is what I think a big part of 3D printing is. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:12707 Source]<br />
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This was the best case that I could find. It had a lot of made versions and a lot of likes. It also allows for customization of the case, because the cut-out holes (that are in the shape of a raspberry in the original version) can be changed (there are some examples in the collection of "I Made One" pictures). The instructions also include a detailed blog post which seems useful for trouble-shooting and gives a lot of credibility to the creators. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:30646 Source]<br />
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Out of all the prints I found, none of them really surprised me. I'm not entirely sure how the wood booklet one prints and I'm a bit surprised/confused that someone would print a ping pong ball. I also am still not sure how printing with supports looks like so I would be interested to see that, but not surprised by the outcome, since classmates have already explained how supports work.</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=File:Earbud_case.jpg&diff=115313File:Earbud case.jpg2014-01-18T13:58:52Z<p>Dzy5042: </p>
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''We had to explore around on [http://www.thingiverse.com/ Thingiverse] and find different items.''<br />
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Here's a gorgeous Japanese-style folding screen with an ocean print. The design is both beautiful and simple although it looks complicated. I love the repeating pattern of the sides and the details on the bottom. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:146373 Source]<br />
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One of my favorite movies is Sweeney Todd and I found (by cleverly using the search bar) this Sweeney Todd razor. If you haven't seen the movie or musical, you probably would put this in the useless category, especially because it's probably not sharp enough to cut anything. But I think it's a fun print, even if it would be weird to randomly whip out. If you don't know what the movie about, Sweeney Todd is a barber and his accomplice is a pie maker (see if you can make the connection). [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:95488 Source]<br />
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This ping pong ball seems really pointless. If you wanted customization, you could probably use sharpie or acrylic paint on a regular ping pong ball and draw whatever you wanted. Also, I think it would be extremely difficult to print out a sphere perfectly, and having an imperfect ball would really effect a ping pong game. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:69294 Source]<br />
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This is a cool print of a fold-able booklet. They didn't go into much detail of the technique they used but it is definitely unique, probably because I haven't seem that many wood prints. I think it would be cool to customize the front of the booklet, too. For example, you could have your name "engraved" on the front. The creators also mentioned how combining steps and using simple designs allows for cheaper production which is what I think a big part of 3D printing is. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:12707 Source]<br />
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'''The best printable Raspberry Pi case I could find'''<br />
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This was the best case that I could find. It had a lot of made versions and a lot of likes. It also allows for customization of the case, because the cut-out holes (that are in the shape of a raspberry in the original version) can be changed (there are some examples in the collection of "I Made One" pictures). The instructions also include a detailed blog post which seems useful for trouble-shooting and gives a lot of credibility to the creators. [http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:30646 Source]<br />
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Out of all the prints I found, none of them really surprised me. I'm not entirely sure how the wood booklet one prints and I'm a bit surprised/confused that someone would print a ping pong ball. I also am still not sure how printing with supports looks like so I would be interested to see that, but not surprised by the outcome, since classmates have already explained how supports work.</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=115311User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-01-18T13:53:16Z<p>Dzy5042: </p>
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Here's a gorgeous Japanese-style folding screen with an ocean print. The design is both beautiful and simple although it looks complicated. I love the repeating pattern of the sides and the details on the bottom.</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042/Blog&diff=115310User:Dzy5042/Blog2014-01-18T13:50:59Z<p>Dzy5042: Created page with "<div style="font-size:120%"> <center> Main | Class Blog </center> </div> For this class we write weekly blogs on a variety of topic..."</p>
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Hi! I'm Dongao Yang, a senior at [[RUG/Pennsylvania/State College/Main | Pennsylvania State University]]! I'm majoring mechanical engineering and will graduate after this semester. Right now I'm taking EDSGN 497J for interest, which is Open Source 3-D Printing especially focus on RepRap.<br />
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I have many research experiences like nuclear magnetic resonance, carbon nanolayer simulation, and battery mechanisms. I have a very strong skill on CAD, especially for SolidWorks.<br />
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I have to say thanks to Abbie Letts, who is a formal student in this class. I utilized her template for wiki blogs which sames tremendous amount of time.</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042&diff=115308User:Dzy50422014-01-18T13:47:17Z<p>Dzy5042: </p>
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Hi! I'm Dongao Yang, a senior at [[RUG/Pennsylvania/State College/Main | Pennsylvania State University]]! I'm majoring mechanical engineering and will graduate after this semester. Right now I'm taking EDSGN 497J for interest, which is Open Source 3-D Printing especially focus on RepRap.<br />
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I have many research experiences like nuclear magnetic resonance, carbon nanolayer simulation, and battery mechanisms. I have a very strong skill on CAD, especially for SolidWorks.<br />
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I have to say thanks to Abbie Letts, who is a formal student in this class. I utilized her template for wiki blogs which sames tremendous amount of time.</div>Dzy5042https://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=User:Dzy5042&diff=115307User:Dzy50422014-01-18T13:40:13Z<p>Dzy5042: Created page with "<div style="font-size:120%"> <center> Main | About Me | Class Blog </center> </div> Hi! I'm Abbie Letts, a..."</p>
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Hi! I'm Abbie Letts, a sophomore at [[RUG/Pennsylvania/State College/Main | Pennsylvania State University]]! I'm planning on majoring in Industrial Engineering. Right now I'm taking EDSGN 497J, which is Open Source 3-D Printing. You can see the pages of my fellow classmates [[RUG/Pennsylvania/State College/Scrugmembers | here]].<br />
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At first, I was working on the [http://reprap.org/wiki/RUG/Pennsylvania/State_College/Printers/PSU_Rainbow2 Rainbow 2] printer with [http://reprap.org/wiki/User:Qac1991 Quinn] and [http://reprap.org/wiki/User:Scottmilander Scott]. Now, the class is split into two big teams and I've mostly been helping with the [http://reprap.org/wiki/RUG/Pennsylvania/State_College/Printers/PSU_Blue_and_White Blue and White] printer.</div>Dzy5042