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HACKCESS - HACKATHON TO THE POWER OF GOOD Recently the maker community had a fantastic opportunity to come together and show how product creation is now something that is open to more people than ever …
3D Printing: University Motorsports
We, Cardiff Racing, are a group of Cardiff University mechanical and electrical engineering students that take part in a competition called formula student. The challenge, set by the Institute of mechanical engineers, is to design and …
CREATING the Future
An activity update from our CREATE Education Hub Our Hub schools never cease to amaze us with their pioneering projects and limitless imagination. We would like to share an update on the innovative work and activities …
Access to 3D Printers
We came across Alex Martinucci through our CREATE Education community. He epitomises the young maker movement that often miss out on valuable access time to technologies. Alex has provided us with a superb blog about …
3D Printing with the Ultimaker 2
Minifig Battlefields has been on a mission to bring back the creativity of building with customized minifigs and accessories compatible with well-known brick brands, through learning and education.Established to capture the passion of hobbyists, who …
3D Printing: Improving Grades
Jon Christie is a Design Student at Dundee University. He approached us at the CREATE Education Project to develop his research into the use of 3D Printing as a Rapid Manufacturing tool. This is the second blog …
Nano-scale Structures within Nature
My latest 3D printing adventure has been an opportunity to show how it can help our understanding of the structures in nature that exist at the nano-scale (and upwards). I was commissioned by Dr Nate Adams …
Egyptian Ushabti History Lesson
This 3D model is a laser scan of an Egyptian ushabti figurine from the collections of the National Museum Cardiff. The original figurine was made about 664-525 BC. Ushabti figures served as funerary figurines in …
3D Printing in Art
As something of a tech-friendly art teacher, I immediately saw how these PLA (biodegradable plastic) filament models make great maquettes or scale models for students work on a larger scale perhaps using traditional materials and …
3D Printing Improving Design Grades
Jon Christie is a Design Student at Dundee University. He approached us at the CREATE Education Project to develop his research into the use of 3D Printing as a Rapid Manufacturing tool. This is the first …
Eastlea Digital Design Club
The team at EDDC are as passionate as we are here at CREATE Education about inspiring the next generation of future industry leaders and digital innovators. They aim to stimulate interest among enthusiastic young people …
InMoov Project with CREATE Education
If there’s one thing that you realise pretty quickly when you’re involved with 3D printing it’s the fact that there is very much a community feel to what’s going on. There are lots of people …