Although I probably won't be present for Wikimania, this seems like a pretty awesome idea, and one that is likely executable without much investment. Thanks for bringing it up Fae, and I hope it ends up happening.
Best, Kevin Gorman On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan < [email protected]> wrote: > The idea is a great one and I'd support it. > > This is a great starting point for us. > > > > On 14 June 2014 21:20, Fæ <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This has been bounced around before, but I think it would be pretty >> excellent to a 3D printer available for experiments during the week of >> the pre-Wikimania hackerthon and during Wikimania. >> >> Does anyone have contacts within the industry to pull on to see if we >> can get one for a week on demonstration? It would actually be smart >> marketing as many chapters are probably thinking of getting kit like >> this in the next year or two, in order to support open source 3D >> designs (which we have yet to crack on Wikimedia Commons). Perhaps one >> of the food printers (I have seen videos of sugar and chocolate >> sculptures being printed) might be a lot of fun? >> >> Associated discussion at: >> https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Water_cooler#3D_printing.3F >> >> Fae >> -- >> [email protected] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae >> _______________________________________________ >> Cultural-Partners mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://intern.wikimedia.ch/lists/listinfo/cultural-partners >> Please treat emails sent to this list as confidential.Ask senders for >> permission before forwarding emails off-list. >> > > > > -- > Regards, > Srikanth Ramakrishnan, > What goes around, may not necessarily come around, it may simply bounce > back. > > Please sign this petition for Volvo buses in Coimbatore: > > https://www.change.org/en-IN/petitions/the-transport-minister-tamil-nadu-introduction-of-volvo-city-buses-in-the-city-of-coimbatore > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cultural-Partners mailing list > [email protected] > https://intern.wikimedia.ch/lists/listinfo/cultural-partners > Please treat emails sent to this list as confidential.Ask senders for > permission before forwarding emails off-list. >
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