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Technology is here to stay and will forever change our life. Manufacturing and DIY at home with the aid of technology is a reality TODAY. Even 9 year old kids have been using 3D Printers to make robots, sculptures, and beyond.
Do not fear, zero computer science and 3D background required.
You will earn the 3D Printing badge (in dev) after acquiring the basic skills necessary to create a 3D model and get it printed and become reality. With the help of an online browser based 3D modeling tool, we will be able to create 3D jewels and sculpture in no time.
Learn the skills before it become mandatory. Be a stealth ninja ahead of the chase.
You are ready to get started with 3D Printing!
3D Printing is the process of manufacturing at a portable non-factory environment such as one's desktop. It is amazingly cool and totally DIY, empowers each peer as a creator of one's own might. By creating a 3D model of practically anything you can imagine : 2D objects converted to 3D, art, practical products, and even creatures and characters, you give technology and computer ways to build them for real! The 3D model can be exported as .STL file and then sliced diced into language that the 3D Printer can understand.
But first of all tasks
Easter Bunny Hunt
Google or wikipedia whatever you do, find out what is the "Stanford Bunny" in 3D printing or 3D scanning world. And find out what is the historical significance. Stanford is my old school, a bit of bias here :D but practically every 3D printer attempts a Stanford Bunny, why?
post comment including answers to the above questions, be sure to also post a non-standard version of the Stanford Bunny image, for example, may be a 3D printed blue version by MakerBot. Surprise us.
When I google image Stanford bunny, surprisingly my friend's art portfolio showed up! I thought this is excellent to include her picture here. Actually she studied Electrical Engineering at Stanford and now Human Computer Interaction at Harvard. Quite fitting that her image showed up in this Google Search.
Everyone please check out Håkan's link! I like one of the original creator of the Stanford Bunny included interesting variations of the bunny.
I've never heard of the Stanford bunny before :-) It´s "one of the most commonly used test models in computer graphics". More info.
A Lego model.
It should be possible to print your own lego, right? What about copyright I wonder...
Woot now you found out! Yay. Also it is made of 69K plus triangles! Actually a lot of game objects monsters and soldiers in computer games are also made of triangles! Interesting choices huh? Why use triangles as the basic geometric shape for 3D forms?
Yes it is possible to print your lego pieces!! Actually one personal 3D Printer MakerBot uses ABS as printing materials which is exactly the same as the lego materials. The only challenge is resolution. Personal printer cannot reach the high resolutions yet. Even though the current level is pretty impressive already!
