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This page is for the class blogs we need to write for different topics about the 3-D printing.
Blog 1: Thingiverse
We had to find different items on the Thingiverse that inspired us.
An item that is amazing/beautiful
The model of human brain is really detailed and we can see the structure of it. I don't agree with the author said it's rather coarse, it isn't creepy and I think it's beautiful.Source
An item that is funny or strange
On the first glance of this object it reminds me of the Iron Man, it was made of 3 type of colors. Although it's very tiny, but it looks like the same as the original one with every detail on it. Also it is curved and I don't know how to do that by 3D printer. Source
An item that is useless
We already had a perfect industry for plastic box. They are cheap, strong, large and useful, why should we take a long way to use 3-D printing to make it? I don't understand.Source
An item that is useful
Do you ever imagine you can made one of your own phone case? I want one badly. This allows you to use your needs and ideas to made it that different from others which is convenient.Source
An item that surprised me
There is a video about this object in the source link shows the operation of it. It works smoothly, every part of it is perfectly matched and rotating very well.Source
Blog 2: OSE project
We were asked to research about OSE projects and respond to the following:
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.
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.
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?
Answers:
A) It's really hard to determine whether the Open Source Ecology is positive, negative or utopian. Definitely it is amazing and attractive, imagine just by downloading the blueprints from the website and build it on your own. It will save you a huge amount of money and because you built it, when some problems occur, you actually know the solutions. Marcin built a tractor in his farm, also he listed total of 50 things that need to be open sourced, here is the list. Source When I check on OSE projects site, I found thrilling that they are trying to make Microcars.
However there are still lots of issues may happen to this project. One of the main and the most important thing is the safety issue. First, the open source needs to make sure there is no error on it. Second, this requires you understand more mechanical knowledge rather than a normal person. Because if such a big thing like tractor has some problems, the result maybe very dangerous.
B) The New Yorker Magezine talks about the OSE which can be found Here.The author Emily Eakin criticizes many problems that Marcin had, and the first one is the worker on his farm has more enthusiasm than skills in building these things. Secondly, the author questioned the ability to produce food by using their own machines. The article said it can't even satisfy the labors' needs. I don't know why the author trying to criticize the OSE by telling us that Marcin is on the diet and his punctual, it doesn't make any sense to me.
However, the Marcin's response was well organized and can be found Here. He is trying to proposing a more optimistic representation to his work and by listing the answers to the questions, it become really convincing. Also he admit there is some problems because it seems unrealistic, but they are working on the way to turn this into a better result.
C) I honestly don't have many thoughts on this question but I'm assuming some of my Design course professor would like to join into this group, like Eagle Leland, Lamancusa. Or I also know we have an Ecocar team in Penn State which may also be interested.
