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24-carat Gold HP Laserjet P2015

michael — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:34:31 +0000

This printer was shown at the GITEX show in Dubai, it is made from 24 carrot gold and is supposedly part of numerous gold and silver HP Laserjet P2015s. Its a perfectly working prototype and an auction was held with a starting price of $299 after the event.

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Solar Panel Paper

michael — Fri, 07 May 2010 08:36:45 +0000

Here is a very interesting and exiting scientific advancement that could change alot if it ever gets mass produced. Solar paper has been created by researchers at MIT by developing solar cells that are thin enough to print them onto paper. The posibilities are endless of what these solar cells could be printed onto, you could have mobile phones that charge thereselves in the sun or houses covered in solar cell paint.

The cells currently under 2% efficient at creating power from sunlight and compared to the 20% efficiency of regular solar panels it’s not that much. And from what the director of the project says, this technology probably won’t be with us commercially for at least another 10 years. So no solar cell covered stuff for us yet.

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Pen Ink Priner: REENK

michael — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:13:45 +0000

Here we have another concept eco-printer, the REENK by Hyo Sun Ahn & Min Koung So. Similar to the Pencil lead printer, the REENK uses the leftover ink from ballpoint pens after they stop working. The only flaws I can see with this design is that you would probably have to buy specific CMYK pens that would probably be more expensive than your avarage ballpoint pen, and when have you ever used a yellow pen? The concept is still a great one though.

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The Cornucopia: Food Printer?

michael — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:46:44 +0000

Here’s a bit of an odd one, but cool none the less. The Cornucopia is a concept design for a personal food factory, sort of a 3D printer that prints food.

Made by Marcelo Coelho and Amit Zoran the cornucopia uses an array of food canisters that individually store and refigirate the ‘cooks’ chosen ingredients. Then these ingredients are piped into a mixer and extruder head that can accurately deposit elaborate combinations of food. The food is then heated or cooled by Cornucopia’s chamber or the heating and cooling tubes located on the printing head. This fabrication process not only allows for the creation of flavors and textures that would be completely unimaginable through other cooking techniques, but it also allows the user to have ultimate control over the origin, quality, nutritional value and taste of every meal.

Its seems like something from star-trek, but it would be great if they start making these things for real.

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Print Yourself A House With Moondust

michael — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:47:57 +0000

Enrico Dini from Pisa in Italy has decided to build whole buildings using sand or even moon-dust. His 3D printer like machine, The D-Shape, sprays a thin layer of sand with a magnesium-based glue from hundreds of nozzles. The glue binds the sands into a solid rock like material, that layer after layer can build up creating anything from furniture to sculptures and hopefully someday full buildings. According to the creator, the d-shape process is four times faster than conventional building, costs a third to a half as much as using Portland cement, creates little waste and is better for the environment.

But Dini has bigger plans than just building houses here on earth. He’s talking with La Scuola Normale Superiore, Alta Space, and Norman Foster to modify D-Shape to build with moon dust. This would make moon-bases much more plausible.

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ScribbleBot

michael — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:44:28 +0000

This concept by Jon Cumberpatch is not really a printer as such, well it is in a way a printer but it’s not, Let me explain. The ScribbleBot is a wireless printing device that follows a preset drawing path downloaded from the internet, the idea is that the printer does the drawing but you have your hand on it so that you learn how to draw. I suppose it could work if you did the same drawing over and over again. But is it that useful really, I’ll let you decide that for yourself.

ScribbleBots from Jon Cumberpatch on Vimeo.

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Embossing Braille Printer

michael — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:59:17 +0000

This braille printer concept by Chinese designer Danni Luo that could help the blind distinguish similar items using printed braille labels. The user can input information using the built in microphoneand this information is then embossed in braille onto a 25mm x 50mm label that can be stuck onto items that are hard to tell apart such as cds, medication bottles, files, etc.

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