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  • 3Dsimo Is The Future Proof 3D Printer Pen

    3Dsimo Is The Future Proof 3D Printer Pen

    Earlier this year, a 3D printer pen called the 3Doodler took to Kickstarter asking for a modest $30,000. As it turns out, people really liked the idea of being able to create 3D printed objects with only a pen and the project ended up raising over $2.3 million. Now another 3D printer pen is asking for your support, but don’t think it’s just a carbon copy of the 3Doodler.

    Say hello to the 3Dsimo – a 3D printing pen that acts as a multi-material digital 3D printer. In other words, it supports almost every major material used in 3D printers today, such as ABS, PLA, PVA and nylon. It also sports a digital display that allows you to customize a number of parameters, including temperature customization.

    The 3Dsimo team also claims that its pen is future proof in that it will be able to support any new materials that are introduced in the future. It supports the standard 1.75 mm width that’s used in 3D printers today, and a user’s ability to customize its internal temperature will ensure that it can melt almost any new materials.

    So, how much will the 3Dsimo set you back? Right now, the team is offering the full retail package, which includes then pen, three ABS strings and 3 PLA strings, for $75. After they sell through 100 of these packages, the price goes up to $85. If you’re really into the 3Dsimo, you can pay $1,499 to get 20 3Dsimo pens to share or even sell.

    The team’s Indiegogo campaign just started, but they’ve managed to raise a little over $2,000 of their requested $20,000 goal. Even if they don’t reach that goal, they will get all the funds raised between now and when the campaign ends on November 11.

    [h/t: 3ders]
    [Image: 3Dsimo/Indiegogo]

  • 3-D Printing Pen Raises Over $1 Mil On Kickstarter

    I’m not sure what impresses me most about this project: the fact that it began as a $30,000 goal on Kickstarter and went on to raise $1.8 million in just a week, or the fact that the product itself is so cool I’m finding myself daydreaming about all the things I could make with it before it’s even in my hot little hands.

    The product is called 3Doodler, and it’s basically a pen that prints 3-D images using alternately hot and rapidly cooling plastic. You can actually take an idea from paper and draw it in the air, where the plastic stays put in whatever shape you want. Of course, you can also download stencils to draw intricate designs on before putting them together. The pen is being compared to a hot-glue gun as far as ease of use, and one foot of plastic translates to eleven feet of drawing.

    The masterminds behind the creation are Max Bogue and Peter Dilworth, who are in charge of research and development for WobbleWorks toys. They say they are astounded at the number of supporters the pen has drawn on Kickstarter and are excited to oversee production when it comes time to fill all those orders.

    “To be able to do product development so instantaneously — it’s just fantastic,” Bogue said. “We get to build a community for a product before we get it into people’s hands.”

    Images: Kickstarter

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  • 3D Printers Are Changing The Classroom

    Last week, we took a look at how 3D printing will revolutionize manufacturing in the United States. Before it can do that, however, it needs people who know how to use the technology. That’s where education comes in.

    The folks at Online Degrees recently created an infographic that shows how 3D printing will have a profound impact on the future of education. Of course, the most obvious benefit will be for design students using 3D printers to bring their creations to life. That being said, pretty much every discipline will be able to benefit from 3D printing in the future.

    Of course, 3D printers and expensive, and schools are having to slash budgets. That’s where the innovative entrepreneurs comes in. A recent Kickstarter was offering two 3D printers for only $700. The goal was to get as many of these things into schools as possible. Unfortunately, the project wasn’t able to meet it’s funding goal. An equally exciting cheap 3D printing project, the 3Doodler, has recently smashed its funding goal, however, and could prove extremely useful in certain disciplines.

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  • 3Doodler Destroys Kickstarter Goal, Raises Over $500K In A Day

    3Doodler Destroys Kickstarter Goal, Raises Over $500K In A Day

    The folks at WobbleWorks had an idea – a 3D printer reduced to the size of a pen that anybody can use. They went to Kickstarter to ask for $30,000 to fund the idea, and had already raised a little over $70,000 in a few hours. I predicted they would get about $300,000 over the course of a month, but the project has raised double that amount in just a day.

    The 3Doodler has absolutely shattered its initial Kickstarter goal by raising over $500,000 in just a day. As of now, the project has 7,826 people pledging $692,878. Every single tier of 3Doodler, except for the $10,000 has sold out. The team at WobbleWorks have added another 5,000 pens available at either $75 or $99, but these are also going incredibly fast.

    Here’s the latest update from the team:

    The aim of this Kickstarter was to create a first run of 3Doodlers, set the foundations in place to scale from there, and create an early 3Doodler community. Well we’re about 30hours in and we’re pinching ourselves. We are honestly gobsmacked! 3Doodler has now raised over $500,000 and has more than 5,700 backers! Thank you all, each and every one of you.

    We are now announcing a further run of 3Doodlers, and we have expanded the 3DOODLER backing level as well as the COLOR-TASTIC backing level. The main difference is that these new levels, while priced the same, will ship a month later than the previous levels. i.e. NOVEMBER 2013.

    As we have mentioned in the Comments section of our campaign, we purposely chose a production partner that would allow us to start small and then scale up. That is exactly what is happening now. Can we still deliver the first run on time? Yes. Will the additional quantities slow things down or make things harder for us? No. In fact scale helps in this case, as long as we schedule production and delivery accordingly.

    The success of the 3Doodler proves yet again that 3D printing is incredibly popular among consumers when the price is right. Sure, the 3Doodler isn’t technically a “3D printer,” but it’s a close approximation that has exceeded all of my, and I’m sure the inventors’, expectations.

    I won’t be making another prediction for fear of looking foolish yet again, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it raised over a million before all of this is over. It’s already half-way there, and there’s still 32 days to go.

    [h/t: The Verge]

  • 3Doodler Shrinks A 3D Printer Into A Pen

    3Doodler Shrinks A 3D Printer Into A Pen

    3D printers are generally pretty large machines that require multiple components to create the lovely models and prototypes you often see. That being said, the technology required to build 3D printers is becoming smaller, and people are making truly innovative desktop 3D printers. Now two inventors have decided to take it a step further with a handheld 3D printer.

    Say hello to the 3Doodler, a 3D printer “pen” that you hold in your hand. The best way to think about it is a hot glue gun, but it sends out melted plastic through the extruder instead of glue. In fact, it’s pretty much the extruder on a 3D printer without any of the frame so you’re free to create anything you want as large as you want. The only limitation is your own endurance to hold a tiny device for hours on end.

    The best part about the 3Doodler is that it’s cheap. On Kickstarter, the device is going for $75 as part of a limited promotion. It was originally being offered for $50, but the 100 backer limit was quickly filled. Now there’s only a little over a 1,000 of the $75 pens left.

    What is perhaps even more amazing is that the 3Doodler is proving to be one hell of a Kickstarter campaign already. The device has just went up, but it already has over 800 backers. It has also raised more than $71,000 after only asking for $30,000. I wouldn’t be surprised if this project raised over $300,000 in the next month.

    You can grab the 3Doodler for $75 at its Kickstarter page. There are more expensive options that offer the pen alongside a number of other neat awards.

    [h/t: Engadget]