Monthly Archives: June 2012

Self-Replication with a 3D scanner and a 3D Printer

Recently, we got our hands on some really cool equipment for 3D scanning, which was just in time for having our Printrbot finally calibrated. In the Advanced Manufacturing and Design Lab (AMDL) at University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, they’re experimenting with rapid

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Posted in 3D Printing, 3d scanning

Post-Build Thoughts on the Printrbot LC

It’s a good thing I’m an engineer. If I was simply a 3D printing enthusiast with no technical background, assembling this printer myself would have been quite a task. Although consumer 3D printing is evolving fast, the learning curve is

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Is the Corporate World for Me?

Today I gave my employer my Two Weeks Notice, and I’m still trying to take it all in. It’s almost like when you’re facing death head-on and simultaneously you’re life flashes before your eyes. In a brief, 5 minute meeting

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Posted in Entrepreneurism