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Digital Media Lab

• What is it?

• What can I do there?

• Who can use it?

What is the DML?

• A space at the Central location of the Kitchener Public Library

that provides free access to new and emerging technologies

and encourages you to be creative

What can I do at the DML?

• Convert VHS tapes to digital format

• Convert film negatives and slides to digital format

• Cut intricate patterns out of paper-based products

• Create complex musical arrangements

• 3D scanning and printing

Who can use the DML?

• Anyone with a Kitchener Public Library card!

What do I have to bring?

• Your own USB drive/memory stick

• Your own supplies

Why do we offer a DML?

• Part of our Strategic Plan commitment to explore

new ideas and technology

• Complements our current collection of traditional

and digital resources

• Supports digital literacy development

Digital Conversion

• Should we add something here?

Roxio Easy VHS to DVD

Roxio Easy VHS to DVD

• Allows you to connect a VCR to your computer

• Your computer then acts similarly to a TV and

lets you record whatever your VCR is playing

Wolverine F2D-SUPER

Wolverine F2D-SUPER

• Basically a miniature scanner

• Capable of converting:

• 35mm negatives

• 126 negatives

• 110 negatives

• Slide positives

• Super 8 film

Silhouette Cameo

Silhouette Cameo

• Electronic die cutter

• Used to cut intricate patterns out of paper

products

• Great for scrapbooking, custom greeting cards

and various other paper crafts

Silhouette Cameo

Silhouette Cameo

Ableton Push + Live 9 Suite

• Create complex musical tracks without any

instruments

• Over 3000 different instruments and sounds

built in including:

• 30 drum kits

• Woodwind section

• Guitar and Bass

• Piano (Grand, Pipe Organ, etc)

• Much, much more!

Ableton Push + Live 9 Suite

Ableton Push + Live 9 Suite

Ableton Push + Live 9 Suite

Ableton Push - A Track in 10 Minutes

Sense 3D Scanner

• Hand-held 3D scanner

• Scan objects up to 3m x 3m x 3m

• Gives you a 3D rendering of your scan which you

can then print

Sense 3D Scanner

Sense 3D Scanner

What is 3D Printing?

What is 3D Printing?

What is 3D Printing?

The Reality of 3D Printing

History of 3D Printing

First 3D printers Developed in 1980s

• Design by Chuck Hull of 3D Systems, this early

printer used the Stereolithography technique

RepRap Project Begins in 2005

• The first object is successfully printed by RepRap

0.2 prototype in September 2006

History of 3D Printing

MakerBot Industries Founded in 2009

• 3,500 units were sold as of March 2011

• On June 19, 2013 Stratasys Incorporated

announced it acquired MakerBot in a stock deal

worth $403 Million (USD)

MakerBot Replicator

MakerBot Replicator

• Design your own object or character and print it

• Print from a database of over 100,000 user

created objects

• Uses PLA filament, a corn-based plastic

Applications of 3D Printing

3D Printing in Medicine

• In 2012, a 3D printed jawbone was successfully

transplanted into an 83-year-old woman

• Currently able to bioprint blood vessels,

tracheas and skin

• Working toward fully functional organs

3D Printed Prosthetics

3D Printed Prosthetics

3D Printed Prosthetics

3D Printed Food

3D Printed Houses

Questions?

• The library offers many workshops in the DML

• All our programs are listed in the IN TOUCH

magazine

• We have information about the DML on our

website