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
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