Microfluid Tests
Microfluidics deals with the behaviour, precise control and manipulation of fluids that are geometrically constrained to a small, typically sub-millimeter, scale. (wikipedia) You may need to mix very small amounts Read More …
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Transparent 3D Prints
You can spend hours sanding and polishing clear PLA 3D prints and never get to a real transparent finish. We’ve started experimenting with a product called XTC-3D, a resin which Read More …
Point Clouds with a Mobile Device (Google Tango)
We recently purchased an Asus Zenfone which offers IR emitters and sensors as a means to scan and track the real world. There are some apps that allow you to Read More …
How to use KNIT in your teaching to foster collaboration and digital literacy in students
Implementing blogs in your course activities can be a great way to cultivate lively intellectual exchange between students. Many educators find that requiring weekly reading reflections on course blogs helps Read More …
Blender Fluid Sim: Chocolate
DML Assistant Janice Zhao has been working with Blender’s fluid simulation module. This animated chocolate fountain looks pretty good, I must have watched it a hundred times now. Mesmerizing.
3D Genealogy – Rurikid Dynasty
The Rurik Dyanasty was ruled Russia for over 700 years until the a maternal nephew of the Romanov family was elected to the Tsardom in 1610. The family is of Read More …
Forced Perspective Mural
We’ve been messing with projection mapping these past two weeks. The idea is that you look at the wall mural from a spot right in front of our service desk Read More …
3D Scanning Roman Coins
Last year we took a up a photometry collaboration with our Digital Library Development Program and Dr. Watts from the UCSD History dept. We took hundreds of super high Read More …
3D Lidar Point Clouds of UC San Diego
I’ve been trying to figure out ways to 3D print a large scale campus map for a while now. We’ve got a sketchup file from an architect with decent quality Read More …
3D Modeling Artifacts from Photos/Text
This is our first crack at modeling this clunky 1910s body armor meant to protect U.S. soldiers from machine gun fire. The whole thing weighed 40 pounds. It would seem Read More …