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Ultimaker’s Design Engine Starter Pack Card Game Inspires Students to Create Original 3D Printable Models
Today, Ultimaker released the Ultimaker Design Engine Starter Pack, a card game made for educators, just in time for the new school year. The game was created by Lizabeth Arum…
Educational Business Wins Hack My Van Contest, Will Offer Portable 3D Printing Workshops in New Zealand
The Hack My Van competition, put on for the second year by Mercedes-Benz Vans, reminds me a little bit of the reality TV show Pimp My Ride, where ruined cars were…
Tennessee Charter School Teachers 3D Print Prosthetic Arm for 8th Grade Student Basketball Player
When Latasha Morris was about seven months pregnant with her son Dontavius, who is now 14, her doctor noticed that he wasn’t moving from side to side in the womb….
3D Design for Everyone, Everywhere: Morphi for Windows Released
3D printing is challenging, but not nearly as much as it was just a few short years ago. Plug-and-play 3D printers with features like auto-leveling, filament monitoring, remote printing and…
A Big Year for the 3D Printing Pen: 3Doodler Start Wins Toy of the Year Award at Toy Fair 2017
3D printing isn’t all fun and games. There’s a steep learning curve, prints don’t come out perfect every time and 3D modeling isn’t for the faint-hearted. At least, that’s the…
STEM Students Use 3D Printing and Artificial Intelligence to Bring History to Life
It’s always more fun to learn about history when the lesson is interactive; at least I think so. We put on little skits in elementary school when we learned about the…
UNM Researchers Developing Bone-Ligament Adherence Systems, Using Student-Built 3D Bioprinter
A couple of years ago, 3D printing entered the curriculum at the University of New Mexico’s (UNM) Valencia campus, and researchers at the main campus in Albuquerque are now attempting…
XYZprinting Announces New da Vinci Jr. 2.0 Mix, da Vinci Jr. 1.0 Pro and Nobel 1.0A 3D Printers; UV Curing Chamber
XYZprinting is a name that’s been coming up a lot lately. They have a large range of products including 3D printing pens, FDM & SLA desktop 3D printers, 3D scanners,…
Kids Learn and Have Fun With 3D Printing, Robotics and More at Brainiacs Holiday STEM Camps in Nigeria
Kids love playing games on their parents’ phones, there’s no doubt about that. But there are some kids who recently learned how to create their own games! Brainiacs Robotics held non-resident Science,…
3D Printed Models Give Lessons about the Danger of Volcanoes
As we drove down the road toward La Laguna la María in Colima, I noticed that all of the cars were headed in the opposite direction. I made a light-hearted…
ULIO Launches Indiegogo Campaign for Their STEM-Driven “3D Printed 3D Printer”
As is with most innovative technologies, nothing is more integral to the progress of 3D printing than proper education. For young students, the optimal way to teach them about all…
Robo 3D Releases New Specs on the R2 and R2 Mini 3D Printers and Previews Robo Mobile App
At CE Week NYC, I got the opportunity to see the R2 Mini prototype in person. Recently, I covered Robo 3D at the Inside 3D Printing Conference & Expo NY….
3DPrinterOS Takes the Ultimaker 2 Go on the Road with the Backpack Travel Case
We’ve written quite a bit about Ultimaker, with good reason, as they make excellent high resolution 3D printers. They’re so good in fact that the Ultimaker 2 series printers have…
MakerGirl: Piquing Rural Girls’ Interest in 3D Printing
While the integration of 3D printing technology has changed the face of ‘shop class’, the sex based disparity in those using the new shop equipment remains the same. As a result there…
MakerBot Makeathon Kicks off in NYC
MakerBot is known for supporting education, and that is evident by the large numbers of MakerBot printers finding their way into public schools and universities. The weekend before last I…
Software Developer Launches Kickstarter Campaign to Help Provide 3D Design Courses to Beginners
As the number of real life applications that involve the use of 3D design and 3D printing continues to increase, so does the need to educate the world—particularly the younger…
ANSYS Aims for Academic Innovation with Student Versions of SpaceClaim and ANSYS Aim Software
As time passes and innovation continues to ensue, more and more companies and educational institutions are working together to groom the next generation of engineers and design-savvy professionals. Both 3D…
Weistek Launches $249 MiniToy 3D Printer for STEM Education in China and Beyond
Last April, 3DPrint.com reported that China intends to install at least one 3D printer in each of its 400,000 elementary schools. There are several companies ready to take advantage of this…
Zortrax Continues to Drive 3D Printing Education in Poland
An increasing number of companies have recognized the importance of including 3D printing as part of STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) education, but the necessary equipment is on the expensive…
On the 30th Anniversary of the Challenger Disaster, Four Women in Science Honor the Legacy of the Crew
Thirty years ago today, the Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. 73 seconds later, it broke apart in midair, leading to the deaths of all seven of…
Less Than Two Weeks Left to Enter Stratasys’ Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge
As of late, many of the “big boys” of 3D printing have seen their stocks take a precipitous plunge. The prevailing wisdom is that even the desktop 3D printing market…
3Doodler EDU Team Uses LEGOs to Teach STEM Lessons
If you are American and were stopped on the street and randomly asked, “What do you think the most popular educational toy is of all time?” there’s a high likelihood…
Historic Jamestown’s 3D Printing ‘Ed Shed’ Puts the Past at Visitors’ Fingertips
When creating an opportunity for people to learn from a historic site, you don’t have to reject the benefits provided by the latest in cutting edge technology. Jamestown, Virginia is…
Build Castles at the Beach with 3D Printed Mathematical Sand Molds
Want to spend the last beautiful weeks leading into Fall relaxing at the beach but worried there won’t be enough mathematics there to keep you entertained? Fret no more! Professor Will…
