What was once a ThinkGeek April Fool’s prank is now a reality from another company altogether: Meet the 3D PlayDoh printer.
Hyrel 3D, maker of 3D printers in the $2,000 to $3,000 range, has come out with a special extruder that forgoes all that specialized plastic for simpler materials like plasticine, air-drying modeling clay, and Play-Doh. You know, for when you just want to have some G.
3D printers still cost a bit much for toys whether they’re printing with Play-Doh or not, but skipping hot plastic for something reusable and non-toxic could be fantastic for schools where bright little rapscallions are just starting to cut their 3d-printing teeth.
via Gizmodo
June 7, 2013
