Defining Engineering Via a 3D Printer

Explaining the Engineering mindset after experiencing a moment of zen while watching a 3D printer

Image by Jordy Meow from Pixabay. 3D printed boat by Kevin Wanke

Here it is, your moment of zen

If you have ever watched the Daily Show on Comedy Central then you have experienced some zen. At the end of almost every show since it’s inception in 1996 has been a segment titled “Your moment of Zen”. This is comprised of the host showing a random clip of a funny video or a clip related to one of the topics on the show that day.

Thinking back over the countless watched episodes, that phrase has stuck with me. I often find myself relaxing into my own personally identified daily moments of zen. Sometimes this occurs when checking off a particularly difficult task on my tasklist. This could occur when randomly seeing someone with a Star Wars rebel alliance tattoo walking by. These moments are random by definition and serve to provide a spark of calm and peaceful fulfillment in an otherwise chaotic day.

Stacked of Stones Outdoors from Pexels

It is due to the random nature of these small moments of zen that I was completely unprepared to be enveloped by this feeling for a full hour this…