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Workshop Intermediate First Talk

3D Printing Workshop for Children

Approved
Session Description

3D Printing is an amazing way to fabricate things. Why purchase something if you can design / remix / customise and fabricate things on your own.


The goal of this workshop is to introduce the basic concepts of 3D Printing to children (and everyone else too!) and encourage them to think in terms of designing what they want - instead of approximating it based on what's readily available for sale.


Starting with the basic principles of 3D design, during the workshop I will also illustrate the power of community using design repositories like Thingiverse and Printables. I will offer a basic introduction to free software CAD tools like Inkscape, OpenSCAD and proprietary ones like TInkercad. And finally, demonstrate the whole lifecycle from idea to design to fabrication using a 3D printer during the workshop. (If you are someone who is good with other free software design tools FreeCAD, I would invite you to join the workshop and talk about these tools.)


Based on how much time is available, if everyone designs something simple, they could very well take it home with them at the end of the workshop.

Session Categories

FOSS

Speakers

Abhas Abhinav
hacker-in-charge Mostly Harmless & DeepRoot GNU+Linux
Abhas Abhinav

Abhas is a hacker, entrepreneur and free software activist. He is the founder of DeepRoot GNU/Linux, an twenty-four-year-old Free Software Business that provides support, services and solutions for Free Software deployments. DeepRoot builds mail servers and clusters, provides hosting & support for a variety of Free Software tools and helps organisations of all sizes choose self-hosting for their infrastructure in general.


Abhas also leads a hardware venture called Mostly Harmless, where he experiments with and builds Libre and Liberated Hardware (like wireless routers, mechanical keyboards, computers, lights, mobile phones, home automation solutions and more). The goal is to build and sell hardware put owners in control of their lives by enabling them to run free/libre software on more hardware than usually possible. Mostly Harmless operates the LibreTech.Shop - India’s first store for hackable and ethical products that offer convenience.


Abhas is a member of the the Free Software Foundation, India working group and has been a participant in the community in India for over 20 years.

Reviews

Reviewer #1 Approved
Reviewer #2 Approved