#SharksDen Day 3: Maker’s Make Their Mark

by Paul Mignone

With the #SharksDen attendees now proficient in TinkerCAD, the penultimate SharksDen class focused on translating their ideas into tangible 3D products. In this class, students learned how to use the MakerBot Replicator, and how to convert their 3D model into a printed object.

Research Community Coordinator, businesswoman and medical image processing expert, Dr. Louise Van Der Werff spent and hour demonstrating the MakerBot replicator to the attendees. In that time she taught them how the printers work, printing materials, support structures and many other topics.

What amazed me about the MakerBot replicator was its ease of use. This allows users to focus more on their designs and less on ‘getting the print right’, which is very important in the early innovation stages. This will be very handy during the #SharksDen live hack, as the winning team will need to use second if they are to prevail. Make no mistake, the lead up to the #SharksDen live hack has been exciting, and it’s now caught the attention of MakerBot.

No pressure at all…right?

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