White House Maker Faire: High school team with ET ties competes with cutting-edge 3D

From WhiteHouse.gov

A high school team with East Tennessee ties, including in Oak Ridge, was among the exhibitors and honored “makers” at the White House Maker Faire on Wednesday.

The team includes Fletcher Blue, 17, of Hardin Valley Academy FIRST RoHAWKtics Team 3823 in Knoxville; Joshua St. John, 33, a teacher in New York, N.Y.; and Scott Turner, 48, 3D Systems of Venice, Calif., and Knoxville. They received mentoring help from Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Here is more information about the team’s project:

Scott Turner has been creating 3D printed objects and teaching others about the capabilities of the technology for almost as long as the technology has been in existence. As a high school student, Joshua St. John began experimenting with 3D modeling and machining in his tech class. Fletcher Blue is a four-year veteran of the FIRST RoHAWKtics Team, which has been recognized for their innovative and pioneering use of 3D printing to build the robots. With the help of mentors from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, this team brought their 3D printing skills together and became the first to enter a fully 3D printed polymer robot into the FIRST robotics competition.

Learn more about the White House Maker Faire and its participants here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/Maker-Faire.