Andi – A Low-Tech 3D Printer Teaches Kids the Mechanics of 3D Printing | tecno4 | Scoop.it
“Throughout my research as a beginner maker, I began to work more within the areas of educational technologies and I kept asking myself whether children, who grow alongside these technologies know exactly what they are doing, if they completely understand which mechanisms are behind it all, or if they are just simply building as they go along as a cause of this rapid increase in making, building and obtaining fast results,” Irene told 3DPrint.com.

With this question in mind, Irene set out to develop a “Low-Tech” 3D printer called Andi. Unlike the desktop 3D printers we currently see on the market, Andi is much different. The idea behind Andi is not to create elaborate computer generated products, but rather to teach kids how 3D printers work in general.