3D Printing and Haptics Merge for New Design Contest

Topcoder, “the world’s largest Crowdsourcing Development, Design and Data Science Platform,” has announced a series of challenges that call upon the globe’s innovators to find diverse applications for 3D Systems’ recently released Touch Haptic Stylus to interact with 3D printing. This past October, 3D Systems released its new Geomagic Sculpt and 3D Modeling Software, which features the Touch Haptic 3D Stylus. The software lets 3D designers interact with their models in a process that mimics traditional sculpting by using the haptic stylus. In essence, you have the ability to “feel” the objects you are designing. The series of competitions sponsored by topcoder have various themes -- the first is education, and the deadline is November 26th. See more details on the contest and how to enter in the full article: http://3dprint.com/25484/topcoder-education-challenge/ ‎


Below is a screen capture from the competition page:
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