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Embracing 3D Printers in High School
Cowley International College in St. Helens, England where Advanced Skills Teacher Rob Jones uses 3D printing to teach his high school students. Because Ultimaker is open-source, students are able to play around and try all sorts of different things with the printers. This allows them to experience for themselves what works, and what doesn’t. It gives them the freedom to think creatively and without restraint. "What it teaches the students is not to be afraid of making mistakes. By physically printing them it allows them to test and then improve upon their design. – Rob Jones, teacher" What’s even...
3D Printer Makerspace in Primary School
More and more, 3D printing is being used in education as a tool to teach people at all levels of learning. Teachers use 3D objects to help primary school kids grasp concepts, refine students' creative skills in high school and help them learn technical subjects at university. At that stage they’re often using them for prototyping projects – a shift to a more professional use of the Ultimaker almost identical to its use in companies in the real world. To give you an idea just how much Ultimakers are being embraced by education we’d like to share a story...
Meet Luke and his 3D Printed E-nable Hand
We love nothing more than to shine the spotlight on those who are using Ultimakers to make a real difference to people’s lives. One such story is that of e-NABLE. Made up of a global network of over 5,000 volunteers, e-NABLE designs, prints and donates “helper hands” free of charge to children and adults using Ultimaker printers. They work closely with people to find a 3D printer near them to print and assemble the pieces, or the hand files can be downloaded and printed at home. This is empowering thousands of people like Luke Dennison, or as he’s known by...
Ultimaker and Dance
When talented choreographer, James Batchelor first approached XYZ Workshop about a year ago with the idea of a collaboration whereby 3D printed props/costume would form part of the storytelling dance process, the seed was planted for an intriguing journey. XYZ Workshop having had past work featured further ashore in the U.S., Singapore, Russia and UK, having an chance to work with some local talent and having it staged at a performance space right in Melbourne city seemed like a perfect opportunity. The conceptual idea for the latest piece of the Metasystems series stems from an interplay of observations of constructions...
Ultimaker partners with Philips to bring Medical 3d models to reality
The international society of medical professionals in the field of Magnetic Resonance held their 23rd annual meeting in the prestigious Metro Toronto Convention Centre in the beginning of June. Once a year, medical professionals from all over the world gather to share ideas, present workshops and educate one another to further this particular field of research with ISMRM. More than 7000 experts in the field attend this week long conference to fuse technology and experience into meaningful progress. In a collaborative effort by both companies, Philips and Ultimaker wanted to give attendees something to think about within the theme of...