Playing the 3D-printed violin: Joanna Wronko

Playing the 3D-printed violin: Joanna Wronko

This is absolutely incredible.

This is part of a Tedx talk where Joanna Wronko plays

a violin that has been printed with a 3D printer.

Although she mentions that it is not identical and that the 3D

printed violin does not have the same resonance as the real violin,

I think it is actually awesome that the printed violin plays so well.!!

Brilliant!!

Google Sketchup

Google Sketchup

I cannot believe I have not blogged about this before!!

I have been using this fir years in my class and the learners

absolutely love it.  I recently also showed this to the design and Tech

Teacher at our school and she has started using it in her classes as well!

It is a program that you can use, like CAD, to design and draw 3D models

Absolutely brilliant

Voki

Voki

I have seen Voki around for awhile and finally created 

one today.  It was a lot of fun!!

Go and create one for yourself!!

They even have lesson plans that you can use

Click on the link below to see the lesson plans.

3D Animations of Simple Machines

3D Animations of Simple Machines

Explain 3D is a free site that offers a small of collection of 3D animations of simple machines. 

While the animations are free to view, you do have to register in order to see them. 

The animations use the Unity web player which enables viewers to zoom-in, zoom-out, 

and rotate animations 360 degrees.

Very cool!!

Paper Critters

Paper Critters

Design your own 3D 'Paper Critter' to share or print as a 3D net to glue together.
Great for maths and D&T.
This is very cool!!

Tinker Cad

Tinker Cad

Tinkercad allows you to build 3D models within your web browser.
Tinkercad provides pre-made pieces that you can assemble to build a model.
You can also select a model from the public gallery and edit it in your Tinkercad account.
If you create a free Tinkercad account you can save your work online.

The video below provides a great introduction to Tinkercad

Autodesk 123D

Autodesk 123D

123D Design from Autodesk allows you to create models by dragging pieces together
online then sending them to 123D Make where your models can be printed.
From those print-outs your students can construct their models.
Both 123D Design and 123D Make can be used online,
on iPads, and on Mac and Windows desktops.

Check out the online video