3D Printing

An overdue visit at last from the one and only Dr David Boyce (@DrDavidBoyce). David is a force of nature: physics teacher, mountain leader, chalk advocate, technician champion, the list goes on. An all round enthusiast and he will be joining us in the coming weeks to talk about three of the potentially transformational developments that teachers should know about.

The first of these is 3d-printing, and if you’re a bit fuzzy: “3D printing or additive manufacturing is the construction of a three-dimensional object from a CAD model or a digital 3D model. It can be done in a variety of processes in which material is deposited, joined or solidified under computer control, with the material being added together, typically layer by layer.” Thanks Wikipedia!

David points out that you may well have this technology in school in your tech department, so if you want to flex your creative muscle and craft your own fiducial marker, you may not need to look far.

See the weblinks below for more about David, and 3d printing. More from David soon…

Links

• Mirror holder blueprint
• The Time and Space of Uncle Albert
• Thingyverse
• Printables
• Dr David Boyce on YouTube
• Buy a vacuum cannon
• https://www.appropedia.org/3D_printable_science_equipment

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