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Essay Plan

Introduction: I have found this subject interesting because I want to go into 3D printing Why I chose it- I am genuinely interested, I see it as the future How it relates to one of the topics- Robotics and Art My relationship with it- future career, I have made 3D printed works in the past Thesis: 3D printing is the future of creating art, medicine, and technology, and is the most cutting edge invention combining all of those elements.  Background: Three types of 3D printing Charles Hull, 3d Systems 1989 Stratasys Ltd. RepRap Current State: Current state of the technology: talk about some of the printers (MakerBot, Formlab, M3D) Shapify Shapeways John Edmark Cosmo Wenman Joshua Harker #Laugh Dr. Anthony Atala 3D printed ear Prosthetics Project into the Future: 3D printed house 3D printed car 3D printed food A lot of the sources and information I’m going

Week 9: Space + Art

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When Victoria Vesna mentioned the fact that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spent 3 hours on the moon documenting, I was immediately reminded of Google Earth’s documentation of the Moon and Mars. Google Earth have also mapped the stars.  From a design standpoint, their map of the stars is very poorly designed. What also came to mind was Moon Museum, a small ceramic tile containing the artworks of Claes Oldenburg, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, and other. The tile was placed on the moon during the visit by Apollo 12.  I find it upsetting yet also comical that Warhol, when being able to draw the first piece to go on the moon, chose to draw a penis. An artwork that was referenced in our resources was Cosmic Dancer.  The piece, created by Arthur Woods, was a geometric piece of metal that danced in space, and signified the early beginning of art and space combining.   Another piece of artwork that i thought was absolutely beautiful was Azuma Makoto’s E