3D Printed Math & Puzzles
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A course in my Fab Lab which worth mentioning is "Puzzle Makers." Originally it's just an introduction class to show how Fab Lab helps in math. It includes teaching students to design and produce "The Fifteen Puzzle," tangrams, tetrominoes and so on with laser cutter and the 3d printer.
On this basis, I also successfully created several math-equation driven model such as the shape of the heart and "The Chmutov Octic"(A complex graph found in SURFER software). The amaze of making math equations real and tangible made this class popular in university math departments. I got invitations from National Taiwan University, National Chia Yi University, National Ching Hua University and so on. Giving each of them a speech on a topic "Math Makers," held several workshops and helping them to develop math models and puzzles to excite students' interest in math with an easy and rather fun way. |
My conferences in several universities
Math Maker Series Classes
Procedures of Realizing Equation Driven Models
1. The equation is designed with SURFER software from imaginary.org.
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2. The equation is copied to Mathematica for generating a 3D model file(STL).
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3. The STL file is repaired in the Meshmixer.
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4. The repaired STL is imported into Repetier-Host and transferred to G-Code for 3D-printer use.
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5. The model is printed by a self-made 3D printer with an eco-friendly material(PLA).
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6. The result turned out to be great and successfully made math real and tangible.
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