Academic Technology & Consulting
Q: Who wants a museum lion?
A: Everybody!
The Bowdoin Magazine even wrote an article about how we scanned it to create the model: https://www.bowdoin.edu/news/2022/03/a-look-at-the-lions.html
This special lion was printed using Silver Raspberry MatterHackers Quantum PLA Filament
Bust of Nefertiti on progress.
We got the model here: https://www.printables.com/model/3112-nefertiti
And there are ton of really interesting remixes here: https://www.myminifactory.com/search/?query=Nefertiti
The original sculpture is in Berlin (for those of you who have not yet taken a class in Art History): https://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/aegyptisches-museum-und-papyrussammlung/collection-research/bust-of-nefertiti/
9 Prong Espresso Distribution Tool for the WDT, or the “Weiss Distribution Technique”.
Made with acupuncture needles !
Found here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4819617
The key to tasty coffee, in general, is even extractions. Making sure there isn’t some coffee that is being over extracted, causing bitter flavors, and some that is being under extracted, causing acidic flavors. This is all the more important in espresso, where everything from water contact time to beverage size is concentrated down, exaggerating any unevenness. The unfortunate truth of making espresso at home is that you really do get what you pay for when it comes to equipment, and there is a high barrier to entry, where entry-level equipment may not be as forgiving, and even high-end commercial equipment may not be as home volume friendly. WDT, or the Weiss Distribution Technique, can help compensate for those shortcomings by evenly distributing coffee in the portafilter to promote more even extractions and better espresso. from
Ever misplace your wallet? We thought so.
Here is a nifty AirTag Wallet Card that we printed up a couple of different ways from the same source file. Found at: https://thingiverse.com/thing:4849497
The reason the look different is that they have different percentages of infill and were printed with no “shell” on the top of bottom.
1894 Replica of sculpture by Flaminio Vacca, 1598
The original Medici lions (1598) have since 1789 stood in the Loggia dei Lanzi, Piazza della Signoria, Florence. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medici_lions
Exterior, Walker Art Building, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine, USA.