Save your earbuds, get a 3D printer!
So here’s a really great superficial reason to get a 3D printer, but we just uploaded a new design for an “Earbud Saver” on Thingiverse. Here’s what we wrote there:
“Ever pull your earbuds out of your pocket, see the tangled mess, and wonder how much more abuse they will put up with? Yeah! Me too! I happen to like the set of earbuds in the photo so much that I’ve cut back the wires and soldered them several times already.
Then I started using my 3D design brain and said, “Brain! Make me something to save my earbuds!” So it did! It took a couple of revisions, but the result is this cute little thing that’s smaller than the average thumb drive so it doesn’t require gobs of pocket real estate. Good job 3D design brain!”
So this is just one more reason to get your 3D printer: So you can make cool things like an Earbud Saver!
Steve
Muahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!! Ok, now that I have that out... I can get to work. For as long as I can remember, I have been making things. This habit used to be called "Inventing" but has lately been repurposed by the Maker community with the term "Maker". While there are some subtle differences between Inventing and Making, I have discovered my passion for both by inspiring a new generation of Makers. In this quest to spark creative thinking and problem solving through practical and exciting projects, I draw on my background in biomedical research, high energy fiber laser development, and 15 years of building laboratory devices. As an experimental physicist with a PhD from Case Western Reserve University, I have seen research and development from many angles and am now bringing that experience to middle school and high school students who want to make everything from catapults to cybernetic augmentations. Through the medium of Making and Inventing, students are transformed from passive observers of education to active learners. This powerful shift fosters deep insights, creative expression, collaborative thinking and a host of other skills that are difficult to learn in traditional settings. Along with my wife Debby, an accomplished constructivist educator, I am on a quest to transform education and am looking for like-minded collaborators to bring hands-on learning to future generations.
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