On Tuesday, we dd a 3D printing class. We used a Cube 3D printer to each print one design. Our guest teacher, Christine Mytko, helped us design files in tinkercad. The most popular design by far was a ring, designed by Ises.
Legos are Sexist
Well, all the “Lego Friends” sets are marketed to girls and are all purple and pink. Complete with atomically incorrect super slim, curvy dolls, as opposed to the Lego characters in other sets, which, last time I checked where gender-neutral squares. Only 21% of identifiably gendered Lego figures are female, so there s a bias there, too.
Here is a news article from LA times on the figures. Lego’s company statement, that the sets were based on feedback from girls and not necessarily meant for only girls, is here. So, thoughts?
Art Project
We designed and printed scarves with photosensitive ink. First, we drew designs on clear plastic. Then, we covered the part of the scarf we wanted to dye with photosensitive ink. Then we stuck the plastic with our designs onto the ink, and left the scarves in the sun for 10-20 minutes. We washed off the ink and had designs on our scarves!
Prototyping By Maker Dictionary
Prototyping Verb.
The act of trying over and over to solve a problem that looked easier when you started.
Or
The act of trying again after over complicating the first draft.
Ex. “I am in the prototyping phase of my scratch project”, I said while adding another way of doing the same thing I had tried three times.
Marshmallow challenge from Maker Dictionary
Marshmallow challenge: Noun. A frequently used entry to steam, science, and teamwork camps. A way of driving home the points of prototyping and teamwork. Frequently used along with this TEDtalk
Maker Dictionary: Noun. Me posting my nerd friends definition of stuff. Mostly how I think they would define it, sometimes actually what they said.