Posted on Tuesday, February 19 2013 @ 15:24 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
Engadget
reports Wobbleworks is seeking
Kickstarter funding for 3Doodler, a $75 3D printing pen you can hold in your hand.
The device looks a bit like a hot glue gun and can be used to craft 3D objects.
Before we go any further, however, let's get some things out of the way. For starters, it's best to take the 3D printer thing with a grain or two of salt. Calling the 3Doodler a 3D pen is a bit like calling a high-end ink pen a 2D printer. The device is actually quite simple, but pretty brilliant. It essentially takes the heated extrusion head off a 3D printer and incorporates it into a standalone device. A single piece of plastic (ABS or PLA, for the more environmentally minded out there) is threaded through the back, fed through the pen and comes out melted through the tip. Yes, like its 3D printer brethren, it works a bit like a hot glue gun.
