A while back we supported Professor Brown’s Bio Art class as they were introduced to 3D printing.
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Clay Tablet with Cuneiform
When a Professor wanted to explore an object in the art museum with their course, but the students could not touch it (for obvious reasons – it is really old!) The Bowdoin Maker Space came to the rescue by creating a 3D scan of the object and then printing it in resin (SLA) and in PLA. So the students visited the Bowdoin College Museum of Art to view the original object under the watchful eye of the curator, and then were able to get a sense of the tactile object by interacting with the facsimiles that we created.
Bowdoin College Museum of Art Lion
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
Nefertiti
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
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