A case study on my use of 3D printing in environmental research: http://drelliott.net/downloads/outputs/2015-03-20%20Open%20Science%203DP%20Case%20Study.pdf Thanks to Lisa Burns for putting this together.
For Manchester Science Festival I have been demonstrating an exploration of using 3D printing (additive manufacturing) to support environmental and ecology research and teaching. Apart from the practical benefits I think 3D printing is an important development for open research because it allows us to share hardware more easily than ever before, simply by sharing …