Here is your weekly 3D printing and STEM education news roundup! Hard to believe it is already mid-January…time is flying by! This week’s news really seemed to focus on the creative uses of 3D printing and how each designer and company is using the technology in their own unique way. In the STEM education section we highly recommend that you watch the AutoDesk video Wouldn’t it be cool if… you could engineer a better world?…it will really get your mind going with all of the engineering possibilities out there!
3D Printing News:
- US army sent 2nd mobile 3D printing lab to Afghanistan Source: 3Ders.org
- Nokia releases 3D-printing specs for making custom Lumia 820 back covers Source: Engadget
- 3D Printing User Categories – An Infographic Source: 3Dimensional Engineer
- 3D Printers Are Changing How Designers Make And Market Art Source: WebProNews/Technology
- Additive Manufacturing’s Newest Giant Source: Industry Week
- Perspective and Economics of 3D Printers Source: Next Big Future
- Additive Manufacturing Goes Retail Source: Rapid Ready Technology
- Turn Your Facebook Data Into a 3-D Printed Desktop Ornament Source: Wired
STEM Education News:
- The Importance of STEM Education in School Source: Chalk Talk
- Demand for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Weathers the Storm Source: Change the Equation
- What Does It Mean To Be A Woman In STEM? Source: Huffington Post
- Wouldn’t it be cool if… you could engineer a better world? AutoDesk