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[U15-P06] Development of the frame for handmade globes using capsule toys
Keywords:handmade globe, capsule toy, geoscience, 3D printer, silicone mold
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports (MEXT) in Japan is promoting cross curricular STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) education. The digital globe Dagik Earth can be considered as a tool for STEAM education and to stimulate interest in space weather.
This allows you to switch content such as clouds and aurora, contributes to a multifaceted understanding of the Earth. A sub-project of the Dagik Earth project is handmade globe. This is an outreach tool that uses scissors to cut out stickers with clouds, aurora, etc. drawn on a map, and pastes them onto the capsules of capsule toys to create handmade globes. It has the potential to expand its reach to younger age. Current handmade globes can be placed on a stand and used for ornamental purposes (Art), but care must be taken when aligning them to the tilt of the earth’s axis. In order to resolve this issue, we used a 3D printer to develop a support for handmade globes that can be installed to match the tilt of the earth’s axis.
By inserting magnets, it is possible to rotate the globe along the earth’s axis and to attach and detach the globe with various contents such as clouds and aurora. The magnets embedded in the base plate allows it to represent the tilt of the earth’s axis even when attached to a blackboard, so it can also be used in classes. Assuming that it would be provided in the form of a capsule toy familiar to children, the support was made into an assembly type so that all parts could be enclosed in the capsule. Since modeling using 3D printers is not suitable for mass production, we prototyped mass-produced products using a silicone molds and two-component mixed resin.
This allows you to switch content such as clouds and aurora, contributes to a multifaceted understanding of the Earth. A sub-project of the Dagik Earth project is handmade globe. This is an outreach tool that uses scissors to cut out stickers with clouds, aurora, etc. drawn on a map, and pastes them onto the capsules of capsule toys to create handmade globes. It has the potential to expand its reach to younger age. Current handmade globes can be placed on a stand and used for ornamental purposes (Art), but care must be taken when aligning them to the tilt of the earth’s axis. In order to resolve this issue, we used a 3D printer to develop a support for handmade globes that can be installed to match the tilt of the earth’s axis.
By inserting magnets, it is possible to rotate the globe along the earth’s axis and to attach and detach the globe with various contents such as clouds and aurora. The magnets embedded in the base plate allows it to represent the tilt of the earth’s axis even when attached to a blackboard, so it can also be used in classes. Assuming that it would be provided in the form of a capsule toy familiar to children, the support was made into an assembly type so that all parts could be enclosed in the capsule. Since modeling using 3D printers is not suitable for mass production, we prototyped mass-produced products using a silicone molds and two-component mixed resin.