3D-printing pen turns doodles into sculptures

[Still Waters]

Free yourself from the tyranny of paper and boring 2D. With a $75 pen you can draw in thin air.

The 3Doodle pen, developed by US start-up WobbleWorks, works much like a handheld 3D printer. It contains a mains-powered heater that melts the plastic beads used in such printers.

You can draw normally using the colourful plastic as your ink – but with a fantastic twist. Lift the nib in the air and a length of plastic exudes from the nib and solidifies, allowing you to create 3D objects by building up multiple wispy strands of plastic.

http://www.newscient...sculptures.html

[+OverSword]

That looks like fun. I think I'll wait and see where the technology is in a couple of years.

[J. K.]

That will create some brand-new hobbies. Imagine collecting 3-D signatures of celebrities.

[Prab]

Its just a hot-glue gun with plastic sticks inside(I think) instead of glue.

What I am thinking right now is that why didn't anyone come up with this for the consumer market earlier?

It sounds like a good consumer product.

They just need to find some way to make it edible with different flavors

[Gunn]

I WANT IT!

*drools*

[AsteroidX]

I dropped mine in a puddle. It was on and still had ink it. Should I be worried.

[Silver Surfer]

that looks so dumb. unless its making candy.. then its cool.

[spartan max2]

this 3d printing is getting insane. IT amazes me

[Rocketgirl]

Looks cool ,but the price tag for it is crazy. I will stick to regular pens.