3D Printing was at the forefront of the fourthĀ 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.Ā
But today, we head into a new eraā¦Welcome to Industry 5.0.
The physical results of Ms. Oxmanās 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 āimpossible geometries.ā
3D printing is at a very exciting stage in itās development. Here are the reasons why a school should seriously consider using 3D Printing as part of its curriculum...
