3D Printed Electronics Have Arrived

[sinbad269]

Up until now, you haven't been able to "print" electronics. They had be pieced together. Well now, that's changed. Voxel8 has just unvieled a 3D Printer that is capable of printing not just inanimate "trinkets" (as an interviewee called them) but also working electronics.

 

"I'd imagine this would be silly expensive right?"

Well yes, for the average consumer, but for even small companies it's peanuts compared to other methods.

IT'S UNDER $9000 [see what I did there?]

 

As the Reddit conversation is saying it can't print Integrated Circuits [iCs], but the company never claims they can. The article is somewhat misleading focusing on a drone, but the video says everything necessary. Course we're a long way off from the likes of phones etc, but this is still a massive breakthrough!

 

 

https://medium.com/the-letters/3d-printed-drones-are-finally-here-c76811cf7ee4

 

Source: http://redd.it/2sczne

 

*Update - Original post: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/285347-will-pirating-electronic-become-a-thing/

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[SpaceCore]

not consumer grade, but who cares!

 

[Raboo]

That is amazing 

[-TesseracT-]

Slinus, you'll have a lot to talk about on the next WAN show

[DigitalHermit]

Now to start torrenting that i7 that I always wanted... (obviously I am joking)

 

Then again, this would be useful for prototyping... (Useful enough that I might be able to spot one on campus if the professors decide to get one)

[SpaceCore]

Now to start torrenting that i7 that I always wanted... (obviously I am joking)

maybe when I'm 75?

(I'm 25 lol)

[Marvzl1357]

Lol I'd hate to have a circuit break/fracture/disconnect when it's right in the heart of a device with all the other stuff printed over and around the circuit. 

Cool nonetheless though

[Sidiox]

maybe when I'm 75?

(I'm 25 lol)

I think that you can expect to print chips and such a lot earlier, I expect the first prototypes in about 5-10 years or so, ofc it will take quite some time for this stuff to get to consumers

 

This is really cool though, for something like this I would actually consider a 3D printer, if it comes in at about 1000 euros or so

[shujin]

yeah the technology advance this will be great soon

[The_Evenger]

i can already see this being used to make phones stupid thin.

[A.D.A.M]

Noice. The advancement of 3d printing is mind blowing to me. I can't wait to see. What the future holds. Hopefully, I'll still be alive.

[AndThenThereWas1]

repost

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/285347-will-pirating-electronic-become-a-thing/

[LePawel]

If you really think about it, it's bad. An object with electronics integrated into them? Designed to break after a year with no physical way to actually solder that headphone cable back after you pulled it because by accident you damaged something behind 13 layers of plastic? As much as it's a revolutionary step in a technology as a tech head, I wouldn't buy one thing built this way without some exceptional warranty as a consumer.

[sinbad269]

repost

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/285347-will-pirating-electronic-become-a-thing/

 

Thanks for the heads-up. Mods/admins feel free to pull this down - I'll leave a link to the original.