2014 EKOCYCLE Cube 3D Printer Program

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It also looks like this will be the focus printer on an upcoming "Ask the Expert Call" for FTC. So my guess is that there will be quite a bit of FTC teams applying for the grant as well. I know my team has personally made more 3-D printed parts for our FTC robot than our FRC robots, but my guess is that it's due to our increased experience with the 3-d printer. I know we applied for this one as it never hurts to have more technology in the classroom, but it does look like our makerbot2 would get used more often simply because we can purchase a cheaper filament option for it through off brand amazon sources. This could completely change though if FIRST or EKOCYCLE would offer a discount for teams to purchase the filament, one can only hope right.