Neotoy Lab 3D Printing, Design & Education

SYLLABUS

PROJECTS

Printables/neotoy

GitHub/neotoy

Vector Clock 24 Hour SVG Clock & Universal Windows App

VectorCal Linear SVG Calendar

RESOURCES

Design for 3D-Printing A great primer for 3D Printing by Rahix.

3D Solved is a website dedicated to helping you achieve better 3D Prints!

PR

YouTube/neotoy

Mastodon.social/@neotoy

DESIGN & EDUCATION PRINCIPLES

Beauty - Engendering & appreciating, it is integral to a worthwhile life and a component of all good things.

Critical thinking > Holistic thinking > Statistical thinking > Thinking

Ecological & Holistic awareness - The responsibility of consciousness, the duty of care.

Ethics - A moral obligation to not let potential go to waste, to reduce harm and increase awareness.

Integrity - Being the same person in all contexts.

Consent & Self control - No means no, we are all allowed to say "no".

Self diagnosis - Know thyself.

Cooperation between Utility & Aesthetics - It's not a contest.

Nuance - Nature is nuance.

Balance - Efficiency is only one of many considerations.

Grit - Through great adversity comes great power.

Benefit of the doubt - "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." (Hanlon's Razor)

The scientific method - Theorize and disprove or establish objective reproducible facts via empirical study and record.

Wheels on everything - Not literally but definitely more wheels on things.

Coherent notes - Legible & comprehensible to others.

Circumvention vs. Confrontation - Opportunities abound to simply go around, there's always a third option.

Leverage - Work smarter not harder.

Resourcefulness - Repair > Reduce > Reuse > Up-cycle > Recycle.

Perspective - Cast a wide net yet leave a corner of the net open.

Measurement - Metric > Imperial

Concepts - Understand don't memorize.