Sculpting Life: A 3D Printing Pen
3D printing technology is the next wave of unbelievable tech that humanity gets to see blossom into something that will seem ubiquitous in the next 10-20 years. When you think of 3D printing, you picture a bigger machine that looks like a Coin Star, but not something you can use in your hand, right? Wrong. Future Make has created a unique 3D printing pen, titled Polyes Q1, that can let you create 3D things based on your own limitless imagination.
Unlike existing 3D pens, Polyes Q1 has no hot parts, no melting plastics and thus no unpleasant smells.
Polyes Q1 features a LED, that’s safer to the eyes. The pen has photo-polymers inside, and it solidifies immediately when exposed under the LED light.
There’s also a tilt sensor inside, and together with child-safety switch to prevent eyes from being exposed to light. Additionally, we’ve designed integrated control buttons that allow you control the moving the speed control key and the backwards to the line of the power indicator to make it more convenient.
Let’s take a look at the specs of this seemingly Star Trek looking tech.
A lot of people can barely operate a remote control for their TV, so Future Make went on to explain each feature to those of us that can operate a paint brush, but not something like this:
Sure, you can look at what Future Make offers with its new 3D pen, but can you imagine this tech with artists? Imagine an artist using this tech. Imagine a graffiti artist using this. Imagine an architect. Imagine the impossibilities that will break through the glass of the unthinkable. This gadget is part of the next wave of tech that people are climbing over themselves to get.
I have multiple people I can think of that can use this to create art that has never been seen before. It can be a new wave of artistic expression in a 3D space that can revolutionize art. It can change design and open up a realm of possibilities.
Not to worry about it getting funded, however. The 3D pen currently has 1,034 backers with a phenomenal $140,195 pledged of $50,000 goal with time to spare. Have a look at the demo video from Future Make for Kickstarter for the Polyes Q1:
Head over to the Future Make Kickstarter page and be part of the future, or just keep drawing on paper with a pencil like a sucker.
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