Wednesday, November 09, 2011

TOYS FROM YOUR PRINTER

If two entrepreneurs get their wish, the next stop for 3-D printing may be the playroom. Artur Tchoukanov and Joris Peels think that their Origo 3-D printer will appeal both to kids, natural tinkerers that they are, and to parents weary of mass-produced toys that often serve as movie tie-ins. With Origo, children use existing software to fashion simple designs out of small graphical blocks, then "print" what they've imagined, out of plastic (eventually, recyclable bioplastic). A promotional video shows a boy who moves from daydreaming to a sketch to a model airplane. The Origo duo hope to sell the device for under $800.
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