Year Recap

Now I could go through and liter this entire post with pictures, but instead I want to tell the story of what I learned this year. I started the year off with P.E in 1st period and then changed my schedule and came to this class. As soon as I walked in I saw a great teacher and it looked like a great environment. Last time I had been in that room, it was in detention. Now it looked more different and then there was Ms. L who was so inviting despite the fact that I had missed the first day and since that this class has been a blast. I recall our first projects and the "make something useful" project where Jake and I remodeled a cup. After that there was so much more with starting off with CAD. At first it was very daunting, buy now I feel so much more comfortable with it. Through the year, we learned so much about the design process and actually added some structure to what I had originally thought was a flimsy process. I had learned so much more through and really got me to learn what it was like to think like a designer. This class made me create bizarre things and projects and taught me how to be proud of them. This class had me eager to learn what we will do next. Who would imagine a high school class to make A VIDEO GAME! This class was one of my favorite ones through all of my Education. So this being my final blog post, I'd like to thank Pltw for giving such a great opportunity, and Ms. L for truly teaching us one of the most valuable things I've ever learned.
                                                                          Thank You.

The future might hold many things for the world. However, we are living in the world with something that sheds light on the near future. This is 3d printing. Through 3d printing we can achieve some great things in the world and in this project we were able to get a sense for how the world might be in the future.

RESEARCH
When I started with research I found some basic information to start with. For ecample, I found out that based on what you want 3d Printed, the duration could take up to 3 hours or more, or just a couple of minutes. The cost for these parts can range as less as $5 to $500. All you really needed was an STL file from CAD. The material can be from plastic to other variations of that. i even found out about a startup that was trying to 3d print clothes!

CAD DRAWING

I ordered this part and got it on Sunday. It was very prompt and did feel on the smaller side. However, that is my mistake because I should've made it larger, but this is fine for me because it still makes a nice paper weight or souvenir.  I think working drawings and words can be used to design things in the world. Now even though 3d Printing has many pros, some of its cons include how it can be used for nefarious purposes, but other than that I do not see anything too wrong with it and I truly believe it is the future of the world. The cost for this is very high now, but I trust it will go down as it becomes more popular.