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3Doodle Pen Allows You to Sketch in 3D Space

By Rain Noe - February 19, 2013

in Object Culture

While this doesn't have any practical application in the world of actual industrial design, where the name of the game is precision, there's no denying this thing is neat: The 3Doodler is a pen that lets you "sketch" in three dimensions, something like a 3D-printer stripped of everything except the printing head.

Invented by Boston-based toy & robotics company WobbleWorks in the Artisans Asylum hackerspace, the 3Doodler uses ABS, which cools quickly enough that strands are able to support themselves (up to a point). Check it out:

(By the way if you're thinking of getting one of these for your kid, be aware that the business end gets at least as nasty-hot as a hot glue gun: The metal tip can get up to 270 degrees Celsius.)

At press time the project had been successfully funded on Kickstarter several times over, at $138,000 over a $30,000 target with more than a month left to pledge.

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John

12 years ago

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I dont understand why stuff like this gets so much publicity!!! its pretty much a hot glue gun that use's abs and dries quicker.
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Evelyn M

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Aside from more plastic crap, it is more oil based crap. On a second much more important thought. In this day and age how could anyone want to breath those fumes.
***** MELTING PLASTIC IS HIGHLY TOXIC. *****
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Gusto

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More plastic crap. What are we going to do with all this unuseless plastic crap?
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bonooobong

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It reminds me when printing without supports with my MakerBot! It looks fun but the ABS filament have a random behavior when cooling, it isn't always straight like a line. Btw it's a nice concept, and there are a lot of ways for going further with this technology. Inspirational.
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