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Official Video From Capturing Dinosaurs

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Barry

I am thrilled to be able to now share with all of you the official video from our Capturing Dinosaurs program, which concluded just over two weeks ago. The Communications department did a fantastic job of capturing the excitement experienced … Continue reading →

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A Trip to Shapeways: Visting the Future of Digital Printing

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Barry

Last May, a number of us from around the Museum took a field trip to Long Island City, an industrialized section of western Queens, walking over bridges and past train depots to get to a nondescript warehouse-style building whose occupants … Continue reading →

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Capturing Dinosaurs – The Beginning

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Barry

Yesterday we launched a ten day summer program for high school youth using the Museum’s dinosaur collections and the tools of digital fabrication to teach comparative fossil anatomy. The program, Capturing Dinosaurs, is a remarkable collaboration amongst our education department, … Continue reading →

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Adventures in Digital Fabrication: My Talk at the MakerBot Store

Posted on June 27, 2013 by Barry

Last month, I presented at the MakerBot store in New York City, a talk that might as well have been called “My adventures in digital fabrication at the American Museum of Natural History.” As the first consumer 3D printing store, … Continue reading →

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RiFF interview with me: Blending Digital Media, Badging, and Museum-Based Learning

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Barry

I am excited to be the feature interview this month on the Digital Media and Learning Research Hub’s RiFF Expert Interview Series. It is a great interview and captures what I am thinking about eight months into the job. Check … Continue reading →

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When Good Digital Fabrications Go Bad – My Tiny Teddys on the Move

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Barry

Anyone who has visited me in the past month or so is unlikely to leave without a Tiny Teddy, a small bust I fabricated from our new Teddy Roosevelt status unveiled this past Fall. I have so many of them … Continue reading →

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How 3D Printers Advance Museum-based Learning: Interview with MakerBot’s Founder, bre pettis, and Education lead, Lizabeth Arum

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Barry

How can 3D printers be used to advance informal science and museum-based learning? This is a question I have been exploring over the past few months (and will be addressing next week at MakerBot’s Lecture Series on May 21st – … Continue reading →

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Inside 3D Printing Conference: Can Everyone Be a Designer?

Posted on April 23, 2013 by Barry

Today I popped over to the Inside 3D Printing Conference to see what a commercial conference looks like for digital fabrication. My primary interest was the Transforming Education Through 3D Printing panel. It was led by Glen Bull, Professor at … Continue reading →

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