14 DAY TRIAL // Physics, chemistry and sciences in general are often looked down upon by junior high and high school students for being boring or too complicated, to the point where they prevent them from enjoying life.
Dramatics aside, there is plenty of evidence that science can be fun. Science Fiction is one way to make a case for that. Toys are another.
Gravity and inertia are two of the most often applied principles when it comes to toys that can move under their own power.
Rees Calder, marketing coordinator for London-based iMaker, applied the principles of the former, as well as those of 3D printing technology.
His project solidified into a 3D printed basketball game, of all things. One of those that you use to score hoops in your free time from anywhere you happen to be. It's a miniature representation of the field, with the equivalent of a catapult standing in for the player.
A pretty cool toy really, this desktop finger basketball, and it can be made on any FFF/FDM 3D printer, though you might have to treat the finished product with some polishing agent if the detail level isn't that high for whatever printer you own.
You can find the plans up for free download on the MyMiniFactory website.
