3D & Maker Tools
This extensive list of tools and projects are great for learning and can be extremely useful for media creators and artists.
Hardware:
Arduino: Basic electronic maker.
Raspberry Pi: Extremely small computers that you can program however you want.
PCPartPicker: Helps the user put together a blueprint of compatible computer hardware and shows price trends and how much the parts cost.
3D Modeling:
Agisoft Metashape: Photogrammetry software for creating 3D models. Student: edition relatively inexpensive.
RealityCapture: Photogrammetry software for creating 3D models, faster and better with larger numbers of photos but need to purchase after the demo.
Tinkercad: Basic version of Autodesk software, useful for simple 3D modeling. Autodesk makes the (largely) 2D drafting software AutoCAD.
Sculptris: Digital sculpting. Slightly more difficult to use than Tinkercad. Many people move between them, using Sculptris for more "organic" forms. ZBrush is the premium version.
SketchUp: Originally designed by Google but now independent, an alternative to Tinkercad. There is an education discount page.
123D: Medium-powered version of Autodesk 3D modeling.
Cura: Preparation software for 3D printing.
Fusion 360: Robust Autodesk 3D modeling. Three-year student and educator license.
Maya: 3D animation software, also Autodesk. And for games 3ds Max. See also the game engines under "Gaming."
Blender: Free and robust, but like Fusion 360 and Maya professional--supports the entire 3D "pipeline."
3D Files:
Smithsonian Collection: Ready for printing 3D scans from the Smithsonian.
British Museum: Collection is on Sketchfab, which has lots of other models.
Metropolitan Museum of Art: Collection is on Thingverse, which has lots of other models. Here is a blog about it.
Materials Used in Conjunction with the January 2017 workshop at Georgia Southern's Fab Lab
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Ethan Reed, “'Getting Under the Hood'” with Arduino" (January 2015)
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Kazushi Ohya, “Programming with Arduino for Digital Humanities” Journal of Digital Humanities 2:3 (2013)
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Arduino the Documentary (2010): A history of the Arduino project
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Arduino Fruit Piano (September 2014)
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ArduinoArts: Example projects and tutorials
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Adafruit Arduino Tutorials: Site used for workshop lessons. The kits used were Kuman Uno R3 SMART Kits (K23)
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Rasberry Pi: Another DIY computing platform that can do stand alone projects or can be interfaced with Arduino
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Early Rasberry Pi Projects (2012): From Wired Magazine. And six projects with tutorials from May 2016 Wired.
Fablab:
Georgia Southern's maker space, with 3D printers and laser cutters. The Digital Humanities program will has its own on
campus maker space, recording studio, digital room and public history gallery.