While 3D printing is an exciting technology with tremendous potential for libraries, it is essential that we take the time and effort to promote it at our organizations. In my latest Wired Library column, I explore ways to promote 3D printing at your library. In the July/August edition of Public Libraries Magazine, I examined theContinue reading “Ways to Promote 3D Printing at Your Library”
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Using Idle Library Tech to Fight COVID-19
Closings and service reductions have left some libraries with an array of technology that currently sits idle. Rather than let this equipment gather dust, why not add it to the fight against the Coronavirus? Below are two ways your library may be able to help. Add Your Computers’ Processing Power to the Search for TreatmentsContinue reading “Using Idle Library Tech to Fight COVID-19”
Tinkering with Teens
Below are some schematics created in a two hour TinkerCAD workshop I taught in Suffolk County, NY. For most of these teens, this was their first time using the software–they were very excited to learn it was free and browser-based! If your 3D printer is available to the public, giving your patrons some basic 3D designContinue reading “Tinkering with Teens”