Daily Archives: October 30, 2017
Lending A Hand . . .
Work today consisted mostly of making up and printing out labels for the many products that my client sells.
All my new Avery labels came in on Saturday so I was able to print out all the rest of them.
As I mentioned before, if you want to do anything printing labels or cards, then you need to download a free copy of the Avery Design & Print program. Very powerful and easy to use.
Tonight after I got home I fixed us hot dogs made with Nolan Ryan’s Angus Beef dogs. And they’re big enough to hang over the end of the buns.
I like mine with mayo, spicy mustard, and relish. I first line the bottom of the buns with cheese and then toast them in the toaster oven until the cheese is melted and the buns are a light brown.
Jan likes hers with ketchup, spicy mustard, and relish. The other way I like mine is New York Style, with sauerkraut, spicy mustard, and grilled or raw onions. Both ways good.
We still don’t have our Facebook emoticons back, although several of our friends say they do. Where under a post we used to be able to hover the mouse over the Like button and then see a range of different emoticons, laughing, crying, etc., but a while now our only choice has been to ‘Like’ a post or not.
So how about ya’ll? Do you have the emoticons or not?
In the past I’ve done several blogs talking about the rise of 3D printing. In the beginning the printers used high-density polyethylene, also known as HDPE. Or as you know it, milk jug plastic. So not very strong. But led to some really fun looking toys.
But things are changing fast.
One advance was 3D printing in molten glass, leading to these art pieces. From this beautiful vase,
to this massive glass chandelier.
The other advance is now to be able to print in actual metal, specifically guns. The first ones were essentially ‘one-shot wonders’, looking more like a toy, and only able to fire a couple of shots before they came apart.
But now guns can be printed in real metal, leading to this Colt 1911 .45 caliber replica. Certainly not a ‘one shot wonder, it’s been fired over 5000 times with no problems.
But on a new note, this is 7 year old Hailey Dawson.
And this is her 3D printed hand.
And this 3D printed hand allowed her to throw out the first pitch of Game 4 of this year’s World Series.
Born with Poland Syndrome, Hailey is missing 3 fingers on her right hand, and has an underdeveloped thumb and pinky. This means she can not really grip anything with that hand. So a prosthesis was in order.
But there was a problem. A prosthetic hand cost about $20,000, and someone of Hailey’s age would need a new one ever six months or so. Probably too expensive in the long run. But 3D printing is changing all that.
Right now Hailey is on her eighth hand, with each one costing about $5,000, and the price is dropping fast. Even better, at this point, when Hailey outgrows her old one and needs a new, larger one, the design software can resize the models and a new hand can be printed overnight.
You can read more about Hailey’s story here.
And here:
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/seven-old-baseball-fan-3d-160005089.html
I think we’re going to be amazed at what’s coming down the pike with 3D printing in the next few years.
The Word of the Day is: Descry
Thought for the Day:
The sinking of the Titanic must have been a miracle to the lobsters in the kitchen.
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