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Blog 1: Thingiverse
A. Something amazing/beautiful
This object is truly an intricate piece. I really can't pin point any real purpose to make this piece of art but that is irrelevant. It reminds me of some sort of mobius strip.
Link to the Thingiverse article itself ([1]).
For something that is funny and strange, I decided to go with this very odd cat who seems to be flexing. I don't know what the inspiration behind this object is but it certainly is strange. After surfing the "verse" I found that the beefy animal thing is somewhat of a fad.
Link to the article for this print ([2]).
When I was searching for something that was useless, I hit the mother loving jackpot. This object ... get ready ... is a small barrel that you put dog poop bags in. First off, who buys dog poop bags? Just use grocery bags, no need to get fancy for your dog's poop. Second, why? Why on earth does this exist?
Link to this Thingiverse page is [3].
Now this object spoke to the very depths of my sole (maybe a little dramatic). I can't stress how many times I have to solve the rubix cube that is my tangled ear buds out of my pocket. This is an ingenious novel idea that I will be printing myself. That being said, shame on the user for overpaying for those beats headphones. smh
Link to the Thingiverse article for this is [4].
This surprised me because I could not imagine proposing to your wife with a plastic ring. Yes this is a guys hand in the picture, but it begs the question as to if his wife's ring is plastic. The whole thing is very shocking and I want to know the details of this how this came to be.
Link to the Thingiverse article for this is [5].
Blog 3: 16 Year Old Prints Limb Using 3D-Printer
So Mason Wilde is someone you may have never heard of but that is about to change. This 16 year old HIGH SCHOOL JUNIOR did something so incredible it makes you feel like crap in comparison. You ever drive by someone sitting on the side of a highway with their hazard lights on? Well, prepare to regret that. This KID Mason, used a 3D printer at his local library to print a prosthetic hand for a family friend's son (9 years old) Matthew. Matthew has a rare birth defect that resulted in him being born with out finger tips, and now has a prosthetic limb that has the dexterity to hold a pencil. The design was found online for free made by two guys who wanted this kind of technology to be available to people.
Mathew not only has a prosthetic limb that can allow him to take place in the many activities that we take for granted every day, but also has grown very close to Mason as a result. I believe that to be the most important part of all of this because people with disabilities often struggle with the feeling of excluded from the general population. I think it's incredibly remarkable that Mason took to this challenge, and it's even more incredible that he plans to use this talent of his to print even more prosthetic for other kids.
I don't even know where to go to find a 3D-Printer to use for free. That is of course excluding the 3D-Printing lab at Penn State. I don't know of any libraries that have 3D-Printers where I grew up, and the only 3D-Printing services I can find in my hometown cost money to use. So I guess that brings up the point that we should be making 3D-Printing more accessible to the general public. I mean imagine if the availability of only one 3D-Printer at a local library generated such a phenomenal result, what if we had one at every library for public use.
The article can be found here [6]
Here are some other links I found referencing this topic. Feel free to look through them. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]
Blog 4: Response to Blog 2
Response to team blogs After reading Zack's blog I realized the importance of having these 3D Printing capabilities. Like Zack pointed out, it is in many ways just a civilization start up kit. So this technology could be used to colonize another planet when the time comes. On of the points that Sam made, was that open source was the correct way to go. He completely sold me on that point by explaining how it allows for innovation and creativity. I like the point Nate made about farming being made much more profitable from the reduced equipment prices brought on by this technology. That is obviously a topic of increasing importance as the worlds population creeps further and further out of a sustainable reach. The issue Jess had with the project was the probability that existing industry leaders would be ran out of business. I agree with this point, such capabilities would be in the hands of amateurs who could produce things on the same scale as these industry leaders. This would surly cause turmoil in the global economic system with businesses rising and falling all in the same breath.
Response to class blogs Kevin makes the good point that this OSE technology could be used by industrial leaders to make their existing products even cheaper. This is a good point and would most likely provide a large surge to the existing economy. Dongao brought up a very interesting point that the the designs being shared on open source for the OSE project are far too complex. This would make it very hard for someone to follow these plans with out guidance from a professional in the matter. I really like the interest Nam should in this project. He clearly believes in this OSE technology even stating himself that he would try building some of this machinery. This project needs people with his ambition and dedication to be successful.
