Liam is a 5th grader attending Mansfield Middle School. He was one of the winners in the Connecticut Invention Convention and will move on to Nationals. His prototype is made of metal and rusts if Playdoh is not cleaned off for an extended period of time, a common scenario for 3-years old's playing with Playdoh. Also, the metal can be sharp for little kids to use. He wanted to 3-D print his prototype to see if it would help these issues and it does! Thanks to the OPIM Innovate lab, Liam was able to create a more sustainable and safer prototype for children to test out. Seeing as Liam and his parents have no experience with 3-D printing, this could not have happened without you!
Projects
Learn About Octoprint Installation at the OPIM Innovate Lab
3D Printed Marceline’s Bass Ax from Adventure Time
Reinvent PT
AIAA Rocketry: Propulsive Landing Project
Pinewood Derby Race Car
The competition was held on April 21st the P.J Werth Tower. Any team that incorporates an Arduino component onto their derby car can get a bonus on their design score for the project. I have an Arduino code that prints ‘Go Derby 2023 :D’ on a LCD screen that connects to the Arduino board. I borrowed the Arduino board from the OPIM Innovate lab to help me complete the project. This project was for the UNIV 1810 class.
Submitted by: Anny Zheng, Computer Science
Fish Tank Livewell
3D Printed Catapult ENGR1000 Project
In the OPIM Innovate lab, I was able to create a catapult for a project in my ENGR1000 class. OPIM Innovate has all of the resources necessary to prototype, print, and assemble a project such as this. The necessary Solidworks skills I used for this project can be learned through the Tech Tracks that the lab offers. The 3D printers available in the lab are also great to test out your prototype in the real world. While my first design for the project worked out on paper, I was able to make improvements to it by seeing the real physical thing after printing it out on the Prusa MK3. OPIM Innovate is a great space with a lot of tools along with very helpful and informative staff to help increase your knowledge.
Submitted by: Anthony Prior