User:Crosby Owens
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Contact Info
Thingiverse Account
http://www.thingiverse.com/dbpc/overview
Intro
Hi, My name is Crosby. This is my user page where I will post my weekly blog posts and projects that I am working on in. I will continue to update this page as I progress through the class.
Blogs
Blog #1
A) Something amazing/beautiful
I felt that a lot of the designs posted on thingiverse did not have very many beautiful designs. Most of them seemed very blocky or crude. I really liked this lamp because of its abstract flowing lines. I also liked it because it seemed like something that would actually be harder to make by hand than using a 3d printer.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:19104
B) Something funny or strange
I found this rabbit holding a gem to be particularly strange for a couple of reasons. One reason that it looked really strange to me is the rabbits face. It has a kind of evil possessed look to it which is pretty weird. I also found it strange because the rabbit was holding a black gem. This lead me to believe that the gem it is holding is possessing it.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:135905
C) Something useless
To me anything that is made out of plastic to look like food is a complete waste. All it does is make me hungry. This fake zebra cake doesn't even look that realistic. The only possible use I could see it having is to be used in a prank but even that would not be very good. Therefore I feel that it is completely useless and a waste of plastic.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:115387
D) Something useful
I thought this generator was really useful because it allows you to use the 3d printer to make electricity. This seemed really cool to me because you could potentially use something like this to power the Raspberry Pi or even the printer itself. It could also be used to power other things too. The only downside is that it isn't made from al 3d printed parts (wires and electrical stuff.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:145186
E) The ‘best’ printable Raspberry Pi case you can find
This Raspberry Pi case stood out to me because of its stackable design. I thought that would be very useful in a class like ours with multiple Raspberry Pi's because it would allow them to be neat and organized which would save us space. The design also didn't seem too complicated and looked relatively easy to print which is key for making any Raspberry Pi case good.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:19978
Blog #2
Write about a topic (or two, or three) which interests you which we've discussed so far - or not discussed in detail yet. It could be your project, or a particular type of 3D printer, or something you think would be cool for us to explore in the future.
One topic that we have discussed in class that I find really interesting is using 3d scanners and printers to print detailed versions of objects. I believe that the future of 3d printing will be with using 3d scanners. I also find it amazing how the scanners can take real life objects and turn them into models on a computer. As printers start to get better scanners will allow us to print complex shapes that couldn't be rendered using CAD. These better quality models could be really useful for in the health care industrial for creating prosthetic limbs or dental fillings. This could also be really useful for people historians trying to recreate old objects. 3d scanners working with 3d printers also bring up a lot of interesting copyright issues. If someone scans something they buy in a store and print it is that copyright infringement?
A different type of 3d printing that we have not discussed in detail yet is three dimensional printing of food. I think that this is really cool. As of right now it seems that the 3d printing of food is still in the developmental stage and does not actually exist yet. But considering how fast 3d printing has taken off and that NASA is funding research on 3d printed food, it wouldn't be surprising to see it become a reality in the near future. The benefits from 3d printing of food would also be huge. For one creating food using an additive process could greatly decrease food cost and food waste. If the technology becomes cheap enough it could even help solve world hunger. 3D printed food would also be much quicker to prepare (if already printed) since the only preparation of the food left is cooking if any. Overall 3d printing food is one of the more interesting 3d printing topic that we haven't really touched on in class.
