Tales of a 3D Printer

A blog intended for, and often written by, my middle school students, as well as anyone interested in the fascinating potential of 3D printing and the process of getting there. Since our blog's start in 2013, we've expanded our content a bit to incorporate our other middle school making. Click the "Our BPC Story" blog label to learn more about our Maker Club journey.

Monday, February 16, 2015

Microsoft Visits BPC

Last May, we were contacted by Microsoft Education: I received your email from Brook Drum, at Printrbot. He indicated that you have been u...

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

6th grader's Blinky Badge on Instructables! (ready to check)

I love Star Trek so I decided to make a Star Trek communicator badge. I started by cutting the shape out of cardboard and putting an LED on ...

Sunday, February 8, 2015

3D Scanning With the Structure Sensor

The Structure Sensor is a versatile 3D scanner with a host of apps and programs that you can use with it. It is made by Occipital, whic...

Saturday, February 7, 2015

BPC Maker Club Shares our Makerspace at Cool Tools 2015!

Today, BPC Maker Club embarked on a different kind of presentation. Different than the Maker Faire or Bay Area Science Festival, where we m...

Friday, February 6, 2015

Science Fair with 3D Printing and Augmented Reality!

It's about that time again. This Thursday will be our school science fair. Last year, I was so pleased to see 3D printing used as a to...

Monday, February 2, 2015

BPC at the 3D Printer World Expo

Here is a brief overview of our experience at 3DPW - more to be added soon, but homework and science fair is taking up most of our time rig...

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Transporting our Printers and the TSA

BPC maker club is at the 3D Printing World Expo ! We have a booth in the same room as some of premier members of the 3D printing world, wh...

3D Printing A Glucometer Case

For one family affected by type one diabetes, a glucose monitor was posing an unusual problem: The monitor connected to a cell phone, allowi...

Monday, January 26, 2015

Building the DropLit

Last August, out teacher was introduced to SeeMeCNC at the 3D Printer World Expo in Seattle, WA. 3DPrint.com got the scoop early. By ...

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Don't forget the Cube Tube

Any Cube owners out there ever wonder about the reasoning behind the cube tube? It just adds a step to the printing process, right? I ...

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