Over the past several weeks, a community member invented a way to turn a standard school microscope into a web enabled one.\u00a0 This way, the microscope can broadcast its image via Skype or other video conferencing software.\u00a0 Using the free AutoDesk 123D Design<\/a> CAD program, he designed an adapter that attaches a run-of-mill webcam to the microscope\u2019s eyepiece.\u00a0 The adapter sets the webcam\u2019s focal length perfectly for a clear picture.\u00a0 What an amazing way to repurpose \u201clast generation\u201d microscopes to web enabled equipment in a low-cost way!<\/p>\n Original microscope and webcam<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Webcam adapter made with 3D printing<\/p>\n Some assembly required<\/p>\n The finished product!<\/p>\n Some of our students this semester are musically inclined.\u00a0 Josh is currently using the Solidworks CAD program to design a lap harp (also known as a chamber harp).\u00a0 He is printing the first piece of the instrument today; more news later as the project progresses.\u00a0 Another student found an excellent, pre-made ukulele design on Thingiverse.\u00a0 It is 3D printed in 10 parts, then assembled.\u00a0 He added some guitar string, tensioned it for the various pitches, and now has a working instrument.\u00a0 And it works rather well!\u00a0 He still has to learn how to play one, to the dismay of the strange music he was plucking.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Earlier this week, we invited students from Dalton Middle School to the 3D Lab to learn laser cutting and engraving.\u00a0 They are building model helicopters using balsa wood.\u00a0 Students drew designs on-paper which were scanned and imported into Corel DRAW.\u00a0 The designs were used as backgrounds for tracing lines and boxes using the vector art software which are then be laser-cut onto the wood boards.<\/p>\n The neat thing is that it was a virtual<\/em> field trip, using Skype to broadcast the activity from the 3D Lab to their classroom!\u00a0 Anthony did a wonderful job as cameraman.\u00a0 It was a big success and the students had lots of questions throughout.<\/p>\n Demonstrating Corel DRAW via webcam<\/p>\n Operating the laser engraver<\/p>\n Broadcasting laser cutting to the Dalton classroom<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Speaking of laser engraving, a particularly brave student wanted to engrave a design onto the back of his iPhone.\u00a0 After some research, he discovered that the phone\u2019s casing is made of anodized aluminum with is compatible with the laser engraver.\u00a0 The laser company (Epilog<\/a>) publishes recommended laser power and speed settings for various materials, so we were all set.\u00a0 We placed a piece of acryllic on the phone for a \u201ctest engrave\u201d to check the positioning of the image.\u00a0 Then the acryllic was removed and the phone engraved with the laser.\u00a0 The result was beautiful!\u00a0 Thankfully we did not cut the phone in half.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Stay tuned next week as we report on the 3D Lab\u2019s involvement with the UA Baja Racing Team project!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3D printing technology makes contributions to third-world countries.\u00a0 See how this printer hopes to melts down and repurpose the world’s plastic, glass, metal, concrete, and other solid waste into new products.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/frederickjanson\/alphapura-a-3d-printer-that-repurposes-the-worlds\/?ref=kicktraq<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n See how his 40-foot 3D printer can build entire houses out of mud or clay\u201d<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/wasp-big-delta-3d-printer-clay-housing\/39414<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Until next week,<\/p>\n Tom<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello everyone, The fifth week of the semester draws to a close.\u00a0 Engineering students built robots for a ball tossing competition, so the lab was full of moving parts and whirring motors.\u00a0 Their next assigning is to build robots that will seek and capture colored objects in a 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