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BLOGS

Blog Number One


'Prompt: '
Find things on Thingaverse that meet the following descriptions:

Something useful  Something useful that I found on Thingaverse is a model chair. It may be small, but it would be interesting if people could one day print furniture that they could use. Instead of spending hundreds of dollars on things like futons, we could just print them when we got to where we want to put them.This would completely remove shipping costs and you could custom build the furniture to fit in the space you have available to you. 
       Amazing Something I thought was amazing was that someone was able to design a model jet. This type of idea could be used to print things that can fly instead of just sit on the ground.      
         
Something Useless     I don't think anything I saw was useless, but one thing I found that I couldn't find many uses for is an exclamation point. All I see this being used for is on signs.


        Something Funny Something funny that I found is a 3D printable oversized Texas shaped belt buckle. For all those folks out there saying' don't mess with Texas, this is another way for them to show they take their state seriously.   
      
Raspberry Pi case of Choice     The Raspberry Pi case that stood out the most to me is the Mobile Raspberry Computer Case. It seems to turn your Raspberry Pi into a full computer with a keyboard, trackpad, and room for a monitor. It might be good enough to make people think twice about spending a lot of money on a computer.

Blog Number Two

Prompt: 
Write about something that interests you that may or may not have discussed yet. (ex. your project, a type of 3D printer, or something you want to look at more).

The idea of printing things in 3D completely changes how people think of the world around them. For consumers, I think it's comparable to realizing that the world is round and landing on the moon. It allows regular people to challenge what the norm is and explore by using their own ideas. There's no barrier between having an idea and then putting it out to see a physical manifestation of what only existed in your mind. All we know is printing onto paper. But this completely eschews the idea of paper in favor of a more dynamic and versatile alternative, plastic. This is something that's so commonplace in our daily lives for our functions that many people probably dismiss it. This ability to create anything sounds like a dream come true, like having a magical wand that will give you whatever you want. A few problems could arise though. People may become so overwhelmed by the possibilities that they might not bother to explore what is possible with this device. Another issue, one mentioned in class, which would need to be dealt with is copyrighted information. When a design is created and put on the internet, it's out there forever. If this is for a company's product, it could harm their business indefinitely.

Blog Number Three

Prompt:
 Best posts from the blogs of classmates The layout of the first blogs stood out to me. The thumbnail preview of the Thingaverse things and captions really bring the posts to life. It's helpful to see what's being discussed when you read through the blog. One example of this is Crosby's blog describing the projects from Thingaverse which fall into each of the categories.


==Blog Number Four==
 Prompt: 
Comment on each project, and their mode of operation (give it away for free).  How does this compare with traditional business models?  Can you point to any companies using a similar business model?  How does this sort of thing strike you? 
Traditionally, companies make you pay to use their product. Companies that use a business model similar to the ones in the presentation are search engines like Google and Yahoo. I was surprised that The Arduino makers only found out that Google had used their product for one of their own projects after it had been put on display for other people. This could be more of an issue if a lot of companies don't let the creators know that they are using their product.