May 29, 2024
3D Printing was at the forefront of the fourth Industrial Revolution. With the explosion of low-cost 3D printers, the possibilities 3D Printing could bring to the classroom seemed endless. However, in reality, 3D printers are machines that need to be monitored and require tweaking and maintenance. As an educator, this requires a skill set, time, and resources.
But today, we head into a new era…Welcome to Industry 5.0.
Read More
July 11, 2013
In his new National Curriculum for schools in England, announced this week, Education Secretary Michael Gove pledged to modernise design and technology education.
Read More December 30, 2012
The physical results of Ms. Oxman’s work, which often manifest
themselves in fantastic shapes and complicated structures, could only
come to being through 3D Printing technology, which is an additive
(formative) rather than a subtractive process. 3D Printing does not wastefully chip away at existing material, it forms impossible materials in “impossible geometries.”
Read More
September 10, 2012
3D printing is at a very exciting stage in it’s development. Here are the reasons why a school should seriously consider using 3D Printing as part of its curriculum...
Read More