1.0Library Alerts Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025https://blogarchive.utc.edu/library-alertsBo Bakerhttps://blogarchive.utc.edu/library-alerts/author/dkw571/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="GCFBtBPyOj"><a href="https://blogarchive.utc.edu/library-alerts/2013/03/19/3d-printer-is-alive/">3D Printer is ALIVE!</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://blogarchive.utc.edu/library-alerts/2013/03/19/3d-printer-is-alive/embed/#?secret=GCFBtBPyOj" width="600" height="338" title="“3D Printer is ALIVE!” — Library Alerts Archive: Jul 2007 - Oct 2025" data-secret="GCFBtBPyOj" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> Our 3D printer, the Makerbot Replicator that Bo and I have named “Maria“, is now live and active in the display case on the back wall of the first floor. The plan is to keep her printing things to show off the tech, and take in print jobs from students as they discover and have… Continue Reading