I have had a very brief exposure to 3D printing, in the sense that the company I’ve interned for the past few years (Bosch) develops the Dremel brand of printers. Though, I myself, have not actually used them. Still, I was able to sit in at a lunch-and-learn with the lead project manager of Dremel and he explained to us how 3D printing is opening up new doors not only for the tech industry, but basically the entire world and how we come across solutions to problems.

With all of the opportunities available to create with 3D printers, I was a little overwhelmed with the choices. Our guest speaker even mentioned a few ideas I would’ve never had imagined. But since I’m not a future doctor nor an engineer, I think I’d like to focus on something for everyday use this semester. I thought that door stopper Vishal showed us from a previous student was genius! Simple Ideas can really make a huge impact.

Searching on Thingiverse, I realized it’s kind of difficult to try to something when you’re not exactly sure what you’re looking for. So I went into the gadgets category and found some of these neat objects:

Tablet holder for the car: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1290554 (for road trips or to keep kids entertained)

GoPro Anti Vibration Wire Rope Mount: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1282346 (I have a GoPro and this would certainly come in handy)

From Shapeways, I found this Bicycle Bottle Fender Mount: http://www.shapeways.com/product/X9N2FVAJU/bicycle-bottle-fender-mount?li=nav&optionId=7488228

This class will certainly help me figure out what I am most interested in working on.