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Blog Week 1

   1) Pixar Lamp
   2) Flame Light Shade
   3) Washer
   4) Piano Necktie 
   5) Octopus

Due to my lack of experience thus far with REPRAP I chose this light (1) to be the must useful thing. This a good way to bring a 3D model to life and see what you designed in working condition. Everyone can use and understand the excitement in seeing something transform from computer screen to 3D model. I chose the flame light shade (2) as my artistic thing because of the fact at how it was modeled and shaped. It turned out to be a nice decorative piece. The washer (3) was chosen as the useless thing because there it cannot be used in a real world application due to the fact of it being plastic, it will not be able to replace a metal washer. The fact the washers are pennies, why would it be necessary to waste time and plastic on making this washer. I chose the piano necktie (4) as a funny thing because it would be a cool thing to wear around, however I could see it being pretty heavy having to wear it around your neck. I think it would bring laughs to any event if you come in wearing a plastic tie. Last but not least is the weird category. I am not sure if octopus is a theme of REPRAPs, but they seem to be a trending topic on thingverse. That is why I chose the octopus earring (5) as the weird category. It is off the normal route of 3d printing and I am not sure why.