Learning
I T M A Y S E E M F U T U R I S T I C , but growing numbers of California class-
rooms have 3-D printers that are turning students' virtual designs into
objects. Growing in popularity as a teaching tool for STEM (science,
technology, engineering and math), 3-D printers are becoming more
affordable these days.
The emerging art of 3-D printing, which uses computer-designed digital
models to create real-world objects, can produce everything from toys to
shoes to furniture, depending upon the size of the printer.
In Fred Kendell's class at Trabuco Hills High School in Mission Viejo,
Orange County, a Rubik's Cube for blind students is printing. Cubes
How did the balls get inside the seamless
object shown opposite? Fred Kendell says it
was designed as a single piece by his students
and printed out.
Dylan Walch created this shark by
combining geometry and art.
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