3D Printer Used to Save a Baby's Life

This is just one example of the many uses for the new 3D printers. The applications for these 3D printers is endless. Anything that can be designed on the computer using the CAD or 3D modeling programs can now be printed on one of these printers at a fraction of the cost of traditional machine shop printers.

I know in my seventh grade classroom this coming week we will be using Autodesk software to start our modeling skills.  We have actually had success and printing our  3D models from autodesk 123Ddesign from the school year on our new Makerbot 3D printer.

We will continue to print those models for the next 2-3 weeks and then make a major effort to go into Maya and start to design and print 3D models.  

As you will read in the link to the article below these 3D printers can do amazing things to help a wide variety of occupations do their jobs that much better.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/03/17/289042381/doctors-use-3-d-printing-to-help-a-baby-breathe