I first started 3D printing in 2014 for my Project Eureka research on "3D Printed Fuel Cells". Our aim back then was to investigate on the feasibility of 3D printing fuel cell casings to improve efficiency by increasing the surface area to volume ratio. However due to unknown reasons, the catalytic membrane fried and stopped us dead in our tracks after only collecting one set of preliminary test data.
Due to lack of any funding, we were unable to purchase another fuel cell kit and thus our research sadly stopped there. I even had ideas to draw and print a biconcave (think: red blood cells) fuel cell mesh to hold the membrane, whilst my teammates came up with cylindrical and spherical designs. |
The Orange Box (HL2, TF2 and Portal not included). The M3D Micro (Kickstarter Original). My father contributed ~$300 towards the Kickstarter in 2014. You can find more about this little printer that could, here on their store page.
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