“It must be hard to make a machine that works like that!
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Théo, 9 years old, is amazed by the 3D printer set up this Wednesday January 24 at the Saint-Pouange library, a few kilometers from Troyes.
A discovery that makes sense for Alexandre Contat, an expert in the process.
“There is a lot of work to be done on the democratization of 3D printing.
We don't hear too much about it anymore and we don't always know what it is, says the director of the Aube start-up DisStudio3D.
The children will see it, will use it in these workshops, then at school.
And depending on the studies they are going to do, perhaps integrate it professionally into their future companies.”
Accustomed to this type of demonstration, Alexandre also addresses adults to explain what it is for, with local examples.
“I have customers who sell machines to order, so they ask me to produce specific parts when they need them.
» At the end of 2016, he had already made people talk about the process by producing a prosthetic hand for a disabled little girl using 3D printing.
The medical opportunities are therefore real.
“There is also a company in Troyes which subcontracts for dental prosthetists in 3D metal, copings, crowns, bridges, for patients throughout France,” he explains.
“Not just a place to exchange books”
The 3D printer is one of the many examples of workshops of the Pop L@b system co-financed by the Aube department and the Ministry of Culture.
Workshops around science and digital technology which will regularly be carried out in the Aube network of libraries.
On the program in particular, discoveries of robots and virtual reality headsets, the use of artificial intelligence to create a work of art, a creative session with a 3D pen, or even the installation of micro-foliages, museums modular digital tools which allow access to the greatest masterpieces of French museums through existing tools.
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“Today, the library is not just a place for exchanging books,” recalls Sibylle Bertail-Fassaert, vice-president of the Aube departmental council.
It is also a space for sharing, discovery and entertainment.
We also talked about sewing bags, embroidering…”.
Enough to reach all ages by making new technologies accessible.
“We have digital embroiderers who are associated with sewing machines,” rejoices Anne-Sophie Reydy, director of the Aube departmental media library.
A technical solution which arouses the interest of the commune of Saint-Pouange.
“There is a specific project to create bags for book exchanges,” says Mayor Olivier Duquesnoy.
“It will be linked to the creative workshop of Saint-Pouange, an association which works mainly with retirees,” continues Monique Dobosz, volunteer manager of the library.
They will participate in the design of patterned fabric bags.
We will be able to use the digital embroidery machine… and it creates a link between the elders and the younger generation.”
This also means eliminating the use of plastic bags in the library, a virtuous circle that benefits ecological issues.
The program of Pop L@b events in Aube is available on
mediatheque.aube.fr