these little thoughts The World Goes Round and Round I am old enough to notice the past repeating itself. When I was younger, I remember some old guy told me that fashion was cyclical. The same styles come back, fade out, and come back again. He said, as you grow old you see
3d printing Outside my 3D Printed Bubble I went to MIT this weekend for Healthcare’s Grand H@ckfest—and we got first prize! I brought my 3d printer so we can print an physical prototype, and so we did. We designed, hacked, and 3d printed a new medical device in
3d printing What It's Like to Build a 3D Printer Most 3d printers are still hand assembled. The hands might belong to factory workers, or oftentimes, they belong to the end user. Most 3d printer companies sells kits that you then assemble. I’ve actually never done this before, so I found this video
3d printing A Printer for Hackers The trend today in 3d printing is hitting it big with the consumers. With everyday people. Printer companies are making their printers more and more sleek. The idea of the “one button” push and print is ingrained into many marketing campaigns. Is that the
3d printing 3D Printers and Sewing Machines Slate recently published an article about 3d printing in which the author compared it to the sewing machine. Consider: Once upon a time, people purchased sewing patterns…and they made their own clothes. I wasn’t alive back then, but I’m pretty sure
these little thoughts Why MOOCs are Failing to Disrupt College Education MOOCs (massive open online courses are gaining popularity, but do they disrupt education by opening up lectures? I don’t think so. Education, especially college education, is so much more than just lectures. The most valuable parts of my college experience is (prioritized): Interaction
these little thoughts Facts and Opinions I was reading an article yesterday about a customer who yelled at this cashier. This cashier had Aspergers and the customer thought he moved too slow. The writer clearly thought the customer behaved inappropriately. The article didn’t convince me though. How slow was
these little thoughts The Myth of Spira “Long time ago, there were a whole lot of cities in Spira. Big cities with machina -machines- to run ‘em. People played all day and let the machina do the work” — Wakka, Final Fantasy X This quote is about a world where technology has
these little thoughts Writing is Daunting When I was a freshmen in college, I enrolled in a writing intensive humanities program. We were assigned a paper (almost) every week. When my drafts were poor, my professor
