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What I loved about this is that all of their prototypes were with a stock leaf blower with *3D Printed* attachments. This really shows the value of the rapid pr
by geocrasher 2y ago
What I loved about this is that all of their prototypes were with a stock leaf blower with *3D Printed* attachments. This really shows the value of the rapid prototyping that 3D Printing has allowed.
It also shows that any of us could have done this with enough time and effort. And I don't mean literally any person- but there are a LOT of YouTube engineering channels that could likely have tackled this, had they been asked to.
- pradn 2y agoThere's a lot of value in coming up with a clear problem statement and giving it to the right people. We see this with DARPA, at a much bigger scale.
- Mountain_Skies 2y agoThere are a lot of ongoing attempts in the 3d printing community to replicate the Wilson airless basketball. I expect there will be similar efforts in to produce something similar to what the students created. Wonder if they applied for a patent and if that would prevent clones from being made.
- cchance 2y agoThe funny part here is they say product, but in reality as soon as this ships someone will hit it with a hammer, figure out the internal layout with some calipers and we'll have an STL lol
- StimDeck 2y agoCan’t we just look for the patent application rather than wait two years for a concrete product?
- pradn 2y agoThere's a lot of value in coming up with a clear problem statement and giving it to the right people. We see this with DARPA, at a much bigger scale. A lot of the value in engineering leadership is in making sure the right problems are being solved.