VIDEO: Dropouts Gain 3D Printing Skills in YouthQuest’s Fab Lab Program

Freestate Challenge Academy cadets Moment of Inspiration 3D printing software YouthQuest Fab Lab.
Cadets Vela, left, and Lewter use Moment of Inspiration modeling software to design a part for a 3D printing project.

Cadets at the Freestate ChalleNGe Academy are the first to take part in our Fabrication Laboratory (Fab Lab) program.

The pilot project at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland introduces at-risk youth to the cutting-edge technology of additive manufacturing.

The Fab Lab program is sponsored by The YouthQuest Foundation and its strategic partners; 3D Systems, which provided the Cube 3D printers, and Triple Squid Software Design, which donated the Moment of Inspiration 3D modeling software. The class instructor is YouthQuest volunteer Tom Meeks.