May 3, 2016
A Versatile Course of Action
A great obstacle course is already a thrill, but the folks at Dimension Learning took it one step further. The non-profit afterschool program’s Bot Enabled Task Accomplishment (B.E.T.A.) Challenge tasked grades 5-8 with creating tools versatile enough to meet the demands of any obstacle imaginable. They weren’t shown the actual course until minutes before the live event. Students used Thingiverse, Sketchup, and Tinkercad before printing final designs on a MakerBot Replicator 2 Desktop 3D Printer. “We chose MakerBot for it’s larger print bed, the MakerBot Team’s super support, and the great finish quality of prints,” says Dimension Learning President Eldrid Sequeira. (via Dimension Learning)