Education

3D Systems Showcases Its Make.Digital Initiative through Key Partnership Announcements at First Ever White House Maker Faire

3D Systems, The Coca-Cola Company and will.i.am partner to provide more than 1,500 EKOCYCLETM Cube® 3D printers to FIRST® Robotics and Tech Challenge teams
Enables U.S. Department of Education and SME's M.Lab 21 shop class "make over" with its 3D printing technology
Partners with The Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellows to bring 3D printing into K-8 education

US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker greets students at the M.Lab21 announcement.

M.Lab 21: Bringing the 21st Century to the Classroom

For as long as I have been in the manufacturing industry, we have been talking about the need for three things: to make manufacturing "cool again," to bridge the Skills Gap, and to strengthen the conversation between industry and education. We talk theoretically about our opportunities to support the next generation and innovation in the US, but the question on my mind has always been the concrete "How?"

3D Systems and SME Announce M.Lab21 to Transform Career and Technical Education

M.Lab21 Initiative seeks to bring shop class into the 21st century with new technologies including 3D equipment and curriculum
Pilot intends to reach 200 schools in the SME network

D Systems (NYSE:DDD) and SME announced a collaborative initiative to enhance high school industrial arts and vocational education classes through the new M.Lab21 initiative. This program will offer starter kits to transform shop classes and incorporate additive manufacturing into curriculums.