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Bonsai Lab BS Toy 3d printer and low temperature filament aimed at children

Bonsai Lab from Japan presented a new "BS Toy" 3d printer aimed at children and schools. It features ability to print with low temperature filemant material which melts at around 80C so that extruder should be "safe" for kids if they touch it.

The LT 80 filament is a flexible thermoplastic made by Polymakr LLC and it is designed to be from FDA approved materials to make it children safe. It is only colorless at the moment but it should be available in more colors.

Personally, I find this obsession with "safety" to be exaggerated. If school children can not be trusted not to touch heated element when warned about it, we have a much bigger problem then a burn they will get. But I grew up in a different time in a different culture. As far as I understand liability laws and school administrator would want some similar "safe" technology.

BS Toy dimensions: 200 (W) x 200 (D) x 200mm (H)
Weight: 2.0kg
Print volume: 130 (W) x 125 (D) x 100mm (H).
Nozzle diameter: 0.4mm, with optional 0.2 to 0.5mm nozzles
The recommended deposition pitch is 0.1mm

Objects printed in LT80 filament

Source:

http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20150130/401713/?n_cid=nbptec_tecrs

First Austrian 3d printing classroom in polytechnic school Vorchdorf

In RepRap facebook group I saw very interesting news. In Austria they opened first 3d printing classroom in a polytechnic school in Vorchdorf. The teaching cabinet looks great and has 8 3d printers. Project was made possible by cooperation of government, school, RepRap Austria and Otelo.

My first thought was: WHY DON'T WE HAVE IT HERE IN CROATIA?!?!?!?

Austria is country we look up to and hopefully someone will create a similar project. I'm pessimistic since IT is still being thought with floppy disks.We are sooooo faaaar behind with everything ...

You go Vorchdorf! For The Win!

How is your school system doing? Is your country implementing any 3d printing educational program for the kids?

Source: Ben Ny facebook

From DIY 3d printing history 4 - Mattel's Electric vacuum plastic toy maker

While this is not exactly a 3d printer but a sort of plastic vacuum molding machine it shows that there is a long history of using heated plastic to reproduce 3d objects for everyday usage.
This is a photo of a Mattel Electric VAC-U-FORM children toy maker. Today would be probably prohibited due to dangers of letting kids play with molten plastics and very hot elements.
It is probably a grand grand granddaddy of modern home 3d printers. Maybe. Or a strange elderly and distant uncle ... still interesting ...

Source or copyright of the picture is unknown ... age also ... anyone knows more?

Update: It is form the early sixties and here is video of the TV commercial:

For other posts on the subject and curiosities for the paste start here:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2013/10/from-diy-3d-printing-history-1-silicone.html

Library Lyna has 3d printable educational models to help blind students learn

Library Lyna is a repository collection of high quality educational 3D models to help teaching of the blind and visually impaired.
Great project!

Here is a Library Lyna homepage with MANY models which can be 3d printed and used in classroom:

http://www.librarylyna.com/

Here is the image of the site with geometric shapes with Braille titles:

If you want help someone who needs Braille signs, here is text-to-Braille 3d model generator:

http://diy3dprinting.blogspot.com/2013/11/text2braille-website-generates-3d.html

Toyze app will 3d print your custom game characters

Toyze is a 3d startup that enables you to make custom 3d figurines from game characters and get them dmade by 3d printing and delivered to your home. I still don't see any GTA or Battlefield figurines, but maybe one day ... probably not ...

They have over 500 million downloads

http://www.toyze.com/

Printeer 3d printer and iPad app designed for children and schools

Printeer is designed to be children frinedly 3d printer and to work in combination with simple iPad modeling application also fitted for young users.
Their Kickstarter campaign is going well since they have already reached funding goal with 20 more days to go. Check it out.

Printeer technical specifications:

A clear case prevents accidental contact with heated or moving parts.
A removable build platform allows finished parts to be easily removed.
Printeer uses PLA plastic filament, which is non-toxic and emits about 1/10th the ultra-fine particles of ABS plastic filament. (The same particulate emission as cooking food on low heat.)
Moving parts are visible so that kids can see how motors, pulleys, belts, and sliders work together to move a complex machine.
Exterior dimensions: 16 inch (406 mm) wide x 9 inch (229 mm) deep x 12 inch (305 mm) high
Build volume: 6 inch (150 mm) wide x 4 inch (100 mm) deep x 5 inch (125 mm) high
Material: PLA plastic 1.75 mm filament
Weight: 12 lbs (5.5 kg)
Fully enclosed
Removable print bed
Auto bed leveling
Wireless access
Spool capacity: 1 lb (0.45 kg) of filament
Built using a variety of open-source software & hardware

Printeer is on Kickstarter now where you can get it for 499$:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2001363001/printeer-a-3d-printer-for-kids-and-schools

Company page:

http://printeer.com/

3D Printing curriculum for your school classroom by SeeMeCNC

http://seemecnc.com/pages/seemeeducate

Here is the full curriculum, very detailed and well composed:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fzFSsgQon7SlSW358gD3rN3KAvU8UWvK5tZ8eNzuepg/edit?pli=1

It is very good document, you will find it useful even if you are not an educator.

Daily 3d printing - custom baby mask for asthma medicine nebulizer

Louis Cordoba designed and 3d printed custom nebulizer mask for his asthmatic child. Regular mask was too big for his baby boy so he made a smaller one with better fit so that child could be administered with correct dosage of medicine. It took 3 hours to print using 20 grams of PLA.