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Announcements Today’s presentation order SITU seeks interns Materials for Phase 3 Phase 2 Grades next week Agenda 3:30-3:45 Announcements 3:45-4:05 Ansh 4:05-4:25 Spencer 4:25-4:45 Sarah 5:00-5:10 BREAK 5:10-5:30 Alexis 5:30-5:50 Anna 5:50-6:10 Francesca 5:55-6:20 Reflections on last week Reflections going forward Schedule for Phase 3 Assignment We are now entering…
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Announcements
- Today’s presentation order
- SITU seeks interns
- Materials for Phase 3
- Phase 2 Grades next week
Agenda
- 3:30-3:45 Announcements
- 3:45-4:05 Ansh
- 4:05-4:25 Spencer
- 4:25-4:45 Sarah
- 5:00-5:10 BREAK
- 5:10-5:30 Alexis
- 5:30-5:50 Anna
- 5:50-6:10 Francesca
- 5:55-6:20
- Reflections on last week
- Reflections going forward
- Schedule for Phase 3
Assignment
We are now entering the final Phase! Please write a short post reflecting on Phase 1 and 2, and brainstorm as to how you might combine your reflections and work from each phase into your final project. Also, start working on your final project. It’s never too early!
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Announcements how-textiles-repeatedly-revolutionised-human-technology Autodesk Fusion 360 CAM/3d printing Visit to Kammetal? Acronyms Agenda 3:30-5:00 Brooklyn Navy Yard tour! 5:00-5:10 BREAK 5:10-6:20 Check-ins Assignments Prepare your final article based on the criteria from Session 6. Make sure that it reads smoothly in semi-formal, conversational English, and that it has no grammatical errors.…
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Announcements
- how-textiles-repeatedly-revolutionised-human-technology
- Autodesk Fusion 360 CAM/3d printing
- Visit to Kammetal?
- Acronyms
Agenda
- 3:30-5:00 Brooklyn Navy Yard tour!
- 5:00-5:10 BREAK
- 5:10-6:20 Check-ins
Assignments
- Prepare your final article based on the criteria from Session 6. Make sure that it reads smoothly in semi-formal, conversational English, and that it has no grammatical errors. Get a friend to proofread it!
- Be prepared to lead a 20-minute discussion about your paper. You can use in-class books, slides, articles, props, or whatever you think would best serve the discussion.
- In preparation for next week, please read your fellow students’ articles.
- Some of your articles have a number of similarities, so you might want to pair up to lead discussions.
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Announcements how-textiles-repeatedly-revolutionised-human-technology Autodesk Fusion 360 CAM/3d printing Visit to Kammetal? Acronyms Agenda 3:40-4:30 Check-ins 4:30-4:50 bunnie Huang recap 4:50-5:00 BREAK 5:00-6:00 Jie Qi, MIT 6:00-6:20 Prep for next week. BK navy yard, article discussions, second phase presentation on April 7. Assignments Choose one of the following: Based on the discussion…
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Announcements
- how-textiles-repeatedly-revolutionised-human-technology
- Autodesk Fusion 360 CAM/3d printing
- Visit to Kammetal?
- Acronyms
Agenda
- 3:40-4:30 Check-ins
- 4:30-4:50 bunnie Huang recap
- 4:50-5:00 BREAK
- 5:00-6:00 Jie Qi, MIT
- 6:00-6:20 Prep for next week. BK navy yard, article discussions, second phase presentation on April 7.
Assignments
- Choose one of the following:
- Based on the discussion today, refine and add to your article with additional thoughts and resources.
- Write a short reflection on how your fabrication work fits into the context of your article.
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Announcements bunnie Huang: March 24, 12 PM Agenda 3:30-3:35 Announcements 3:35-4:00 Updates 4:00-4:50 Book Browse, sample writings, open work time Next City: “Cities Can Help to Shape an Equal Opportunity Maker Movement“ T74: “The Maker Movement Is About More Than Science and Math — But Is All This Tinkering Really…
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Announcements
- bunnie Huang: March 24, 12 PM
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Agenda
- 3:30-3:35 Announcements
- 3:35-4:00 Updates
- 4:00-4:50 Book Browse, sample writings, open work time
- Next City: “Cities Can Help to Shape an Equal Opportunity Maker Movement“
- T74: “The Maker Movement Is About More Than Science and Math — But Is All This Tinkering Really Effective?“
- Agency By Design: “Maker-Centered Learning and the Development of Self“
- The New Yorker: “Making It“
- The New Yorker “Learning to Speak Lingerie“
- 4:50-5:00 Break
- 5:00-6:00 Shuyang Zhao, Seeed Studio. (Link to slides)
- 6:00-6:20 Closing remarks
Assignment for March 24
- Please draft a 1000+ word research article, creative nonfiction, or ethnography (series of interviews) that critically examines issues around a larger digital fabrication topic. Be willing to be objective and to examine both the positive and negative issues around this topic.
- If you like, you can start by expanding your blog post from last week.
- Please integrate your thoughts and/or observations from at least one of the books from today’s book browse.
- If applicable, please integrate your thoughts on speakers and/or site visits so far.
- Please draft an MLA-formatted bibliography for the books, articles, web sites, site visits, speakers, and other sources that you cite. Please use at least three sources, including one of the course reserves.
- Need a topic? Here are some keywords to help stimulate ideas:
- TOPICS
- maker movement
- desktop fabrication
- manufacturing
- globalization
- New York industry
- STEM
- ISSUES
- equality and accessibility
- race/ethnicity
- gender
- socioeconomics
- history and development
- education
- TOPICS
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Announcements Opportunities and Events 3D print expo, April 10-12 HWTrek Asia Tour bunnie Huang: March 24, 12 PM Webinar on FDM and Polyjet, March 10 at 1 PM VirtualBox (to run Solidworks, VCarve, etc) Request from Shuyang Zhou of Seeed Studio for next week: what are your questions? Agenda 3:30-3:40:…
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Announcements
- Opportunities and Events
- 3D print expo, April 10-12
- HWTrek Asia Tour
- bunnie Huang: March 24, 12 PM
- Webinar on FDM and Polyjet, March 10 at 1 PM
- VirtualBox (to run Solidworks, VCarve, etc)
- Request from Shuyang Zhou of Seeed Studio for next week: what are your questions?
Agenda
- 3:30-3:40: Announcements
- 3:40-3:55 Sarah
- 3:55-4:10 Tianyu
- 4:10-4:25 Anna
- 4:25-4:40 Rewant
- 4:40-4:50: BREAK
- 4:50-5:05 Spencer
- 5:05-5:20 Francesca
- 5:20-5:35 Ansh
- 5:35-5:50 Alexis
- 5:50-6:20 Discussion of Phase 1. Notes from the class:
- MakerBot: to see design to production process WE WANT TO SEE THE SECRET FLOOR!!!
- Supply chain: what do manufacturers get from basing their factories in New York?
- It was an assembly line, not a fabrication line
- Lights Up: gives and idea of ideation process
- a historical background: what makes industry city?
Assignment for March 10
- Please write a post that includes
- a reflection on the readings to date. What are the reading(s) that resonate most with you and your work?
- a reflection on the Industry City field trip: highlights, lowlights, and takeaways.
- Opportunities and Events
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Agenda 2:30: Optional stop at LightsUp. 148 39th Street, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn. 3:30: Makerbot. 147 41st Street, 3rd floor. 4:30: Eyebeam to discuss your March 3 presentations. 34 35th St., 5th floor, Brooklyn. Class will probably end before 6. I will send an e-mail with my contact info in case…
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Agenda
- 2:30: Optional stop at LightsUp. 148 39th Street, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn.
- 3:30: Makerbot. 147 41st Street, 3rd floor.
- 4:30: Eyebeam to discuss your March 3 presentations. 34 35th St., 5th floor, Brooklyn.
- Class will probably end before 6.
- I will send an e-mail with my contact info in case you can’t find the group.
Assignments due today
- Readings and viewings, in preparation for our field trip next week:
- This chapter on the invention of the fax machine by Henry Petroski’s Invention By Design.
- This chapter on the assembly line in the 21st century from America’s Assembly Line by David Nye. (I will post the link by this weekend.)
- Optional: watch Print the Legend. We might watch some of it in class in March.
- Propose your Phase 1 fabrication project, due March 3. Since you have two weeks, the project can be modest in scope.
- Requirements (see grading sheet here)
- The project should be of your own design.
- The project should explore the unique capabilities of your fabrication machine.
- Please outline your project plan (similarly to last week’s “Concept to Reality” exercise)
- Problem or challenge you are trying to address
- External factors and constraints
- R&D: Existing related projects and techniques
- Your solution and its innovations or novelties
- Your plan for design and prototyping
- Requirements (see grading sheet here)
Announcements
- Opportunities and Events
- DOE Grad Student Research Program, due May 11
- Teen coding classes at BPL
- Apply for the Dream Yard Maker Institute (related article in the New Yorker)
- New Media Consortium: Learners as Creators
- Updates
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Announcements Opportunities and Events Teen coding classes at BPL Apply for the Dream Yard Maker Institute (related article in the New Yorker) New Media Consortium: Learners as Creators Updates CPE and other materials “Craft Room Machines” post updated with additional 3D printer resources (scroll to bottom) CAM and G-Code tutorial…
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Announcements
- Opportunities and Events
- Teen coding classes at BPL
- Apply for the Dream Yard Maker Institute (related article in the New Yorker)
- New Media Consortium: Learners as Creators
- Updates
Agenda
- 3:30-3:40: Announcements
- 3:40-4:50: Guest speaker Lining Yao, MIT
- Her paper on bio-printing
- 4:50-5:00: Break
- 5:00-6:00: Updates. What new tech in fab inspires you?
- 6:00-6:20: Prep for next week’s visit to Industry City.
- 2:30: Optional stop at LightsUp. 148 39th Street, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn.
- 3:30: Industry City Offices. 220 36th Street, Brooklyn.
- 3:40: Makerbot. 148 39th Street.
- 4:30: Green Fig Bakery to discuss your March 3 presentations. 362 36th Street.
- Class will probably end before 6.
- I will send an e-mail with my contact info in case you can’t find the group.
Assignments for Feb 25
- Readings and viewings, in preparation for our field trip next week:
- This chapter on the invention of the fax machine by Henry Petroski’s Invention By Design.
- This chapter on the assembly line in the 21st century from America’s Assembly Line by David Nye. (I will post the link by this weekend.)
- Optional: watch Print the Legend. We might watch some of it in class in March.
- This chapter on the invention of the fax machine by Henry Petroski’s Invention By Design.
- Propose your Phase 1 fabrication project, due March 3. Since you have two weeks, the project can be modest in scope.
- Requirements:
- The project should be of your own design.
- The project should explore the unique capabilities of your fabrication machine.
- Please outline your project plan (similarly to last week’s “Concept to Reality” exercise)
- Problem or challenge you are trying to address
- External factors and constraints
- R&D: Existing related projects and techniques
- Your solution and its innovations or novelties
- Your plan for design and prototyping
- Requirements:
- Opportunities and Events
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G-code is the most common language used by fabrication machines including 3D printers, CNC routers, and laser cutters. One way to familiarize your self with G-Code is through the open source software packages used for RepRap: Repetier Host and Printrun (pronterface). I’m currently using Repetier Host, which seems to have…
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G-code is the most common language used by fabrication machines including 3D printers, CNC routers, and laser cutters. One way to familiarize your self with G-Code is through the open source software packages used for RepRap: Repetier Host and Printrun (pronterface). I’m currently using Repetier Host, which seems to have more extensive documentation at this point.
Both Repetier and Printrun interface with the converters Skeinforge and Slic3r, which convert STL model files into G-Code. Right now I’m using Slic3r, which also seems to have more documentation at this point.
You can use all of these programs without a connection to a fabrication machine. All you need is an STL file. Once you have that, you can download Repetier Host and start with these directions to load your STL into the software. Repetier Host will run Slic3r to convert it into G-Code.
In Repetier Host, your G-Code will look something like the code in this window’s right-hand panel:
To understand it better, take a look at these G-Code guides:
We can go through these commands in class. Have fun!
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Announcements New students New York Arts Practicum Agenda 3:30-3:40 Announcements 3:40-4:50 Progress updates (from blogs) 4:40-5:00 Break 5:00-6:00 Partner Exercise: Concept to Reality 6:00-6:20 Discuss upcoming assignments Assignments for Feb 18 Read this chapter on bio-printing from Hod Lipson’s book Fabricated. It should give you context for next week’s guest…
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Announcements
- New students
- New York Arts Practicum
Agenda
- 3:30-3:40 Announcements
- 3:40-4:50 Progress updates (from blogs)
- 4:40-5:00 Break
- 5:00-6:00 Partner Exercise: Concept to Reality
- 6:00-6:20 Discuss upcoming assignments
Assignments for Feb 18
- Read this chapter on bio-printing from Hod Lipson’s book Fabricated. It should give you context for next week’s guest speaker.
- Write up a short post (1-2 paragraphs) on an innovative fabrication project or product that inspires you. You can take an example from the partner exercise, the reading, or choose your own.
- Take your fabrication project further by designing something simple on your own, trying to fabricating it, posting something brief about it (i.e. a picture and some comments), and bringing the artifact to class. You can use any CAD software you like, but here are some recommendations if you need a place to start.
- 3D printer: TinkerCAD (or any of the Autodesk 123 series), Dassault SolidWorks, Autodesk Maya
- Laser cutter: Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
- Silhouette Curio: Silhouette Studio, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
- CNC mill: Autodesk 123Circuits, Cadsoft Eagle, Adobe Illustrator
