3D printing and digital creation: Ritik Mehta at TEDxYouth@Flanders

Hi, I am Ritik and I am going to talk about 3dprinting and digital creation.

The presentation is about us, you and me.

First I will introduce myself.

Then I will tell you something about me and 3dprinting

Then I will talk

about 3dprinting and digital creation

and finally I will tell you what you can do with digital creation

Before we start: anyone know what 3dprinting is?

So you make something on the computer

and the

printer prints it layer by layer

then you get

the model you have created on the computer

Who am I?

I was born in 2000 and

computers and digital things existed from before I was born, so I'm

a digital native: someone who is naturally familiar with digital stuff.

at TEDxKids@Brussels I joined ....

I participated at the first TEDxKids@Brussels and the theme was there

Makers

and that

Joris Peels came to do a workshop on 3d printers:

very interesting machines that materialise something on your computer is a real thing

the most important thing I learned was that you should not be afraid to fail

and that you had to learn from your mistakes and move on.

After TEDxKids@Brussels I actively started helping with

TEDxYouth@Flanders

not just me but also my sister and my father

now I will tell you about me and 3dprinting

at TEDxKids@Brussels

Joris Peels gave a workshop on 3dprinting.

As homework, we had to make something in 3dtin: a very simple website

to build something block by block.

I had the idea: there is nothing to do with my name on it so why not make

Glasses with my name

The glasses became so famous that they were exhibited at the local Modern Art Museum in Antwerp.

After I had designed the glasses,

it was pretty simple to make other things

And over time there were also better apps and websites that allowed you

to design stuff like the old guys did: in CAD.

bitten by the virus, my father quickly bought me a 3dprinter.

it made a lot of noise and printed only ten centimeters by ten centimeters

by ten centimeters

but 10 by 10 by 10 was enough space to go lots of fun stuff.

Once 10 by 10 by 10 was no longer enough,

We bought a larger printer: 25 by 25 by 30 would be big enough

and two printheads to do more complex things

3dprinting and digital creation

Before 3dprinting existed,

the world was very different. If you designed something on the computer,

Then it stayed on the computer. If you wanted to bring to the real world

the machines were very costly.

a 3dprinter was only for a small group of people.

with 3dprinting, you can design something on the computer and print it in any size

3dprinting compared with music

There are 3 kinds of people in this world

ninety percent of the people are consumers who want to only listen

to a song on iTunes.

Then there are mash-ups

people who will take two existing songs and mix them

into a new song.

then there are creators:

Who do the effort to make their own music.

3dprinting compared to erm ...

digital creation compared with 3dprinting:

there are people who will go and print something from thingiverse

when they need it.

then there are mash-ups

You take existing models from thingiverse and stick them together.

A good example is myrobotnation

by 3dsystems that allows you to create your own robot.

Then there are creators who make their own stuff.

but if you look closely

if you look at the size of these boxes, the creators

and mash-ups much larger. Why?

because 3Dprinting is very cheap and easy

you can make something.

Take the example of the man on the last slide: he was playing music

in San Fransisco on his iPad

no guitar, no drums, no musiclessons

Just an app of 15 euros and creativity

digital creation and you:

3Dprinting is easy and cheap. There are a lot of

3d models online

you can share your work with others

and they can put their ideas on your model

There are very easy mash-up tools

and also very easy

creator tools.

and you don't need a printer. the only thing you need is an idea

So my conclusion is

beginning with 3d printing now. Now that your teacher does not tell you how to.

Now that there are no rules.

Break with conventions, there are no impossible ideas.

You can share your work with others and they can put their ideas on it.

They can make your work even better.

use mash-up not only for 3dprinting but for everything

for photos, music

Special thanks to Joris Peels and TED for opening doors to a new

world.

To iMaterialise for bringing my glasses from digital to reality.

Jason Lopes to show me that 3Dprinting and digital creation is used in the

movies a lot already.

Scott Summit to show that 3dprinting can even give people

a better life and that 3Ddesign is going to be very important.

Autodesk Gallery for a very broad view on 3dprinting, which can be used

from

luxury watches to electric race cars.

And Assa ashuach to show me that you should keep your creations digital

as long as possible.

Because that's where the cool things happen.

Thank you for your attention and start creating digitally now.