by Todd Finley, Edutopia
After the school day has ended at J.H. Rose High School, Rob Puckett and his two sons, Calder and Ryan, watch a nozzle in a white box extrude resin. It’s a scene reminiscent of 1976, when neighbors would crowd around a family’s microwave and stare at a hotdog cooking in under a minute. But unlike a microwave, Puckett’s classroom 3D printer aligns with the printing and graphic arts instructor’s 21st century maker ethos. Sitting in the middle of a studio that is stacked shoulder-high with boxes, Apple computers, spools of cheap plastic filament, and a variety of unrecognizable objects is Puckett’s Ultimaker 3D Printer — a box with no top or front panel. As it works, ambient music emanates from the printer — the sound that R2-D2 and a cheerful dolphin might make if they sang a duet five feet underwater.
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