How Tinkering and “Problem Making” Are Shaking Up Higher Education
Universities are stepping away from rote memorization and turning towards making and tinkering as avenues for critical thinking.
Month: November 2016
Maker Spotlight: Alessandro Florio and Marco Florio
Alessandro and Marco are brothers whose grandfather worked construction for many years. After renovating their grandfather’s house, they were inspired to develop a new tool, Idrowash, to clean buildings.
3D Printing Architectural Design Elements
Using 3D printing and faux wood filament to print architectural design elements.
This Big, Weird Sculpture Can 3D Scan Your Face
Place your face inside and this sculpture will create a 3D scan, then digest it and add it to the average scans from everyone else.
So You’re a Teacher with a 3D Printer… Now What?
Getting a 3D printer for your classroom is just the beginning. It’s what you do with it that matters.
9 Lessons Learned from Attaching a Super Heavy, Custom Rig to a Quadcopter
Recently, a company called 360.place contacted me about mounting a GoPro VR Rig to an Inspire 1 drone. Getting paid to work with new and interesting technology is pretty much the most fun an engineer can have, so I was thrilled to take on this challenge. After about a month of work designing and building the […]
See Who Scored the Best out of 17 of This Year’s Newest 3D Printers
Our online guide incorporates content from the past two years, giving you the largest guide to 3D printers ever compiled in one place.
