{"id":9295,"date":"2024-08-23T15:56:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-23T15:56:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/?p=9295"},"modified":"2024-08-23T15:56:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T15:56:48","slug":"desirees-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/handandmachine.org\/classes\/computational_fabrication\/2024\/08\/23\/desirees-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Desiree’s Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hi everyone! My name is Desiree Forster; I’m a new student at UNM pursuing my master’s in Computer Science. My undergraduate degrees are in Computer Science and Math from New Mexico Highlands University (a smaller university just north of Santa Fe). I enrolled in this course, because I haven’t had much exposure to 3D printing and have always enjoyed spending my free-time drawing, painting, making blankets, etc. Though not the same, I associate 3D printing with art, and learning the variety of applications peak my interest; especially those in sports. This course will be my first introduction to meshing my degrees with art and design, which I’m very much looking forward to!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given my background in athletics, a project that I particularly found inspiring in the realm of computation design was the reinvention of the basketball, the Wilson Airless Gen1 Basketball. Assigned to the the R&D scientist at Wilson, Dr. Nadine Lippa was tasked to reinvent the basketball in an innovative way, ultimately revolutionizing the way 3D printing could significantly improve athletic equipment. The Wilson R&D team worked with General Lattice and EOS to develop this basketball using a polymer lattice 3D structure, built with hexagonal holes across its’ entire spherical surface as a way to replicate all the features produced by the original ball. This includes mimicking the feel, weight, size, and bounce elements while removing the need to inflate the ball to meet league\/gaming standards. Beyond the “airless” marketing, this prototype is also said to maintain a uniform pressure and bounce that can be altered by elevation, removes the ability to tamper, and is actually much cheaper to manufacturer via 3D printing (Cousins, 2024). The amount of detail that went into this model to essentially keep all the qualities of a leather basketball is what drew me to the project the most. The Airless Gen1 Basketball is only one of many examples that showcases how computational design can be used to enhance non-traditional ideas, such as athletics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More information can be found in the following sources: https:\/\/www.designreview.byu.edu\/collections\/good-design-wilson-airless-gen1-basketball<\/a> and https:\/\/www.behance.net\/gallery\/192055945\/Wilson-Airless-Gen1?locale=en_US<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hope you all found this as interesting as I did! Thanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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