A dynamic web site serves as a learning and community mapping hub, with activities, reference materials and a growing database of related maps and stories. There will be opportunities to connect with people from different locations who choose to participate in an evolving online mapping process, whether or not they’ve been able to visit the physical museum.
In the words of the Common Ground Community Mapping Project:
“There are opportunities at every grade level to use map-making as a flexible and fun educational tool to develop a wide range of student skills. Map-making fosters holistic thinking, provides opportunities for collaborative decision-making and builds links between schools and community.
We have identified a variety of commercial and educational institutions to partner with in order to help realize the technical and logistical challenges of this project.
While at ITP, Chris was the student manager of NYU’s Rapid Prototyping Service at the Advanced Media Studio. The Rapid Prototyping Service is a drop off service for design, print and art projects in the NYU Fine Arts community. The Service has an ULSX2-660 Laser Cutter as well as a ZCorp Spectrum Z510 3D Printing System.
In addition to developing the service for NYU, Chris also worked on several projects showcasing the capabilities of the studio. Here are some images of projects he designed and built.
The ULS X2-660 60w Laser Cutter is capable of cutting up to 1/2″ plywood or acrylic, but is best suited to cutting softer and thinner materials. The machine can be used to quickly test cut sizes or build early prototypes of a wide variety of fabrication projects.
Mac Powerbooks and Macbook Pros are wonderful surfaces for laser-etching. Check out some examples of powerbooks that we have put ‘under the knife.’
The ZCorp Spectrum Z510 3D Printing System is capable of printing 3D solid models in 24-bit color. In the first year of operation, much of our time was spent evaluating the best software and document format in which to accept 3D printing jobs. Here are some preliminary projects that were completed using the machine.
Christopher Cummings
chris@cuɱɱiɳgs.net
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