Typically , if you require to sketch out a intention , it just sits there on theme . However , a unexampled product is about to hit the market that will bring scribble and drawings to life : a 3D pressman pen . AKickstarter campaignis presently ongoing to play theLIX 3D pento the market this fall .
The LIX 3D pen is n’t an entirely new idea , but 3D pressman pen are relatively raw . They basically solve like trivial hot glue guns that warm up up colored plastic sticks and extrude them out . While the plastic is coming out , the user just moves the pen to make a particular conception . The plastic then chop-chop cools once it has been put into place , making sturdy objects capable of resist alone .
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Last spring , 3Doodle became the first 3D playpen offer to the public and is still currently fulfilling order from its wildly successfulKickstarter campaign . The playpen weighs about as much as an apple at just under 200 Gram ( 7 ounce ) . It is about 180 mm prospicient and 24 millimetre in diameter , which is on the squat side for a pen .
In compare , the LIX three-D penitentiary weighs 40 gram ( 1.4 ounces ) and is 164 millimeter long by 12 mm wide . This much slimmer torso feels more like a real pen , allow the user to have greater control over the designs . It is also powered through a USB corduroy , which may give up the user to have the penitentiary nearer to a reckoner to reference an estimate . so as to make the little and most comfortable product possible , each component of the penitentiary was made from lettuce instead of using pre - existent parts .
The product is being targeted at professional such as architect and designers so they can chop-chop and expeditiously make 3D manikin of their mind and can falsify the universe more easily than with a traditional 3D printer .
The fashion manufacture can also put this penitentiary to work , as the plastic can be mix into vesture or be used to make accessories and jewelry . The plastic is also substantial enough to make home decor detail such as basket , bowl , or even design on glass .
The Kickstarter campaign will run until May 29 . Production will start shortly after , and beta testing of the pens will begin in July . the great unwashed output will occur during August and September , and the orders are have a bun in the oven to begin shipping in October .
LIX THE SMALLEST 3-D impression PENfromLIX 3D PENonVimeo .
[ chapeau tip : Nancy Owano , Phys.org ]
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