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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...
SupaNova Melbourne 2015
On April 11th to 12th, Imaginables had the pleasure to attend Supanova Melbourne 2015. Over 30000 visitors came through over two days! People got to see first hand what our Ultimaker 3D Printer can do. Visitors also got to find out a little bit more about 3D Hubs who we partnered with during the event. We were giving out $15 3D hubs Printing Vouchers courtesy of 3D Hubs. We had an amazing array of prints that we had prepared for the event, which we printed over 3 weeks! The highlight of the pieces was the 1:1 Ironman Helmet that was...