Anybody hear of this - 3D printers for every FIRST team

[pfreivald]

We are NOT a Brooklyn team (by about 300 miles), and MakerBot just covered all but $100, and our DonorsChoose.org project was fully funded in about 20 minutes....we're getting a MakerBot 2 for Christmas!

So, were I you, I'd get on this right away!

[safiq10]

We're also getting a 3d printer for christmas!!!! Everyone should apply

[TD78]

Originally Posted by CENTURION

Very exciting!

Though, as a team that is not associated with a particular high school, I wonder how that works out for us, and other teams in the same situation.

Ditto. My team is 4-H based. Any ideas for non-school based teams?

[chmorroni]

Well, our school is not a public school, so, sadly, we don't qualify.

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by pfreivald

We are NOT a Brooklyn team (by about 300 miles), and MakerBot just covered all but $100, and our DonorsChoose.org project was fully funded in about 20 minutes....we're getting a MakerBot 2 for Christmas!

So, were I you, I'd get on this right away!

Incredible opportunity. Thank you so much for sharing!

[Koko Ed]

We already have a 3D printer in our shop.
No one knows how to use it so it just sits over by the programmers.

[Jimmy Nichols]

Very interested to see how this will work for teams not working in their schools.

[avanboekel]

We work in a warehouse off school grounds that is owned by the school. So, technically a school building, but were not actually a classroom. We applied last night. I'll let everyone know the results as soon as I know if we got it or not...

[Qbot2640]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

We already have a 3D printer in our shop.
No one knows how to use it so it just sits over by the programmers.

I think your programmers need more working space...I'll be happy to send you a postage-paid box with my address on it!

[akoscielski3]

I'm wondering if Canadian High School's will be able to take advantage of this to. Sounds like it will greatly benefit FIRST in the USA either way.

Great job to the teams who were able to make this a reality

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by Qbot2640

I think your programmers need more working space...I'll be happy to send you a postage-paid box with my address on it!

It doesn't belong to us. It belongs to team 73.

[mklinker]

I am pleased to report that Tribe Tech 4485 has also received an early Christmas present.

This was very quick and painless. In less than 48 hours the Donors Choose project was written, approved, and fully funded.

[blackwood]

Team 2359 is also expecting a Christmas present. I filled out the information Thursday about 1:00am as I was in the process of writing a grant that included purchasing a 3D printer, and I ran across the MakerBot opportunity. I don't know if I will get the grant, and now it really doesn't matter because as of about 6:00pm here on Friday thanks to MakerBot, DonorChoice and 1 anonymous donor the MakerBot is now officially 100% funded. Woohoo.

[Gregor]

Originally Posted by akoscielski3

I'm wondering if Canadian High School's will be able to take advantage of this to. Sounds like it will greatly benefit FIRST in the USA either way.

Great job to the teams who were able to make this a reality

It appears to be a US initiative to promote American education. DonorsChoose.org is only open to U.S. high school teachers.

Nonetheless it's great news for our friends to the south

[protoserge]

Originally Posted by MrRiedemanJACC

Has anyone tried to get a hold of ORNL to find out more about the 3-D printing technology they are speaking of? I absolutely love this quote from the original article posted "Now the lab has developed a way to infuse reinforcing carbon fibers into the raw material to print parts that can carry loads." It reminds me of steel fiber reinforced concrete.

These guys did it in their shop. ORNL may have come up with something much more robust for industrial applications.