wearyofdancingnow: lemonbark: Its been a while since I’ve made anything… I’ve bee
wearyofdancingnow: lemonbark: Its been a while since I’ve made anything… I’ve been a little busy. But I met Obama!Read about my invention here…http://www.wired.com/2015/01/3-d-printing-helped-teens-build-smarter-wheelchair/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWGuM32f6Ec I just found this two days ago, and I am ecstatic.The video explains it well but the cliff notes are-Attachable wheelchair hand drives-Cost $40-100 for parts only-Plans, instructions, 3D printing files, etc are FREE-This is a thing you can have made right now-Not ‘hopefully by 2060’-Not ‘for $6,000 and 2 pints of your own blood’-Now-I’m looking at 3D printing services and ordering hardware online as I type-This is what I’ve been hoping 3D printing could do since I first heard about it-I haven’t been this excited since I read about the possibility of 3D-printed kidneys-This was made by students-None of the money required for this goes to them-This was their project -This is just for designing with accessibility in mind-They rocked it-And they want to share it and have it tested and keep improving-I don’t know what they’re doing now or doing next, but they are so creative and intelligent and hard-working-They’ll keep rocking whatever it is-Shine on you beautiful diamondsI’ll blog my progress making and using this It’s going to be one heck of a ride Wow! -- source link