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Monday, August 6, 2012

PopFab, the 3D printer that fits inside a suitcase

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Today there are all kinds of 3D printers. 3D printers are of different colors, there are some that are cheaper, some are more expensive, are also those that are larger and some that are slightly smaller. But they all have something in common, besides their function: they must be disassembled to be carried from one place to another. Recently, a couple of MIT students have put a stop to this by creating a PopFab, a 3D printer that fits inside a suitcase.
Ilan Moyer and Nadya Peek were the ones who developed the PopFab. To use, you only need to connect a folding arm, place the material to be printed and connect the printer to a computer to transfer the design. In the video below we can see when the PopFab is being tested.



What do you think of this 3D printer laptop ?