Entry 1: 2012/09/21
The project. That's all this will talk about. Dropping an egg and not having it break from the
3rd story of a building, in theory, is easy. An egg is light weight, small, aerodynamic, and
well, it's small. However, what about something that is quite a lot heavier. Dropping
something of substantial weight (i.e. a watermelon, water balloon) is a lot harder. Rather
than some cotton around an egg and a small parachute, one would have to think on a larger
scale. An actual parachute, actual padding, actual skill. This is the project, let it begin.
Entry 2: 2012/11/12
Well, scratch that. That project went nowhere, really slowly. But this new project that will be talked about below, is awesome.
3D printers in the past few years have blown up. Massive company's have magically sprouted from the ground and are now HUGE! Many people have said that this invention will change the future. (But so was the segway... and now that's on wost invention list) that said, the ability to print a 3D item, such as a gun, a pencil, or a chair, is huge! No longer will there need to be as many factories to produce each good. Now the consumer can print what they like, with limits of course.
The idea is simple, to start anyways. We, Mariza and I, plan to start a Kickstarter project to fund a 3D printer for the school.
The first step is to start a Kickstarter campaign. And to do that, we need a video, a story and a final goal. Perhaps a 2 week campaign, and a goal of 2-3 thousand dollars to fund the purchase of a makerbot and raw materials.
Entry 3: 2013/02/14
Well, three months later, and no progress. Lets create a bit of momentum:
This project is no longer feasible given the time frame. With under 4 months of school left and a month off within that, there is simply not enough time to get approval to raise the money needed, then raise the money (1-2 weeks). Then order the 3D printer (2-3 weeks P&H). Set up and learn how to use the printer (1-3 weeks) and then create and print a 3D model (3 days - 3 weeks). Total: 2.5 months - 4+ months
So, lets do this!
For near future: come up with a modified plan to allow for the remaining time left in school to be used atiquitley. The opriginal plan is out of the question, so well will have to find another way to go about this. I've included a short brainstorm list of ideas that might be thesibile.
Entry 2: 2012/11/12
Well, scratch that. That project went nowhere, really slowly. But this new project that will be talked about below, is awesome.
3D printers in the past few years have blown up. Massive company's have magically sprouted from the ground and are now HUGE! Many people have said that this invention will change the future. (But so was the segway... and now that's on wost invention list) that said, the ability to print a 3D item, such as a gun, a pencil, or a chair, is huge! No longer will there need to be as many factories to produce each good. Now the consumer can print what they like, with limits of course.
The idea is simple, to start anyways. We, Mariza and I, plan to start a Kickstarter project to fund a 3D printer for the school.
The first step is to start a Kickstarter campaign. And to do that, we need a video, a story and a final goal. Perhaps a 2 week campaign, and a goal of 2-3 thousand dollars to fund the purchase of a makerbot and raw materials.
Entry 3: 2013/02/14
Depth and Despair with a Near Failure here and there and now
This project is no longer feasible given the time frame. With under 4 months of school left and a month off within that, there is simply not enough time to get approval to raise the money needed, then raise the money (1-2 weeks). Then order the 3D printer (2-3 weeks P&H). Set up and learn how to use the printer (1-3 weeks) and then create and print a 3D model (3 days - 3 weeks). Total: 2.5 months - 4+ months
So, lets do this!
For near future: come up with a modified plan to allow for the remaining time left in school to be used atiquitley. The opriginal plan is out of the question, so well will have to find another way to go about this. I've included a short brainstorm list of ideas that might be thesibile.
- Create a kickstarter project that only generates 1-2 hundred dollars to allow for the printing of a 3D object off sight.
- Start a kickstarter project for all funds ($2-3,000: 3D printer, materials, etc..) and donate the project to the next class upon graduation.
- "Abondon all hope, ye who enter here" -Dante
- That's all folks
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