3D pressman have been sic forbig thingsfor a tenacious clock time . But as rapid as their recent boost in popularity has been , they ’re pretty clunky machines and generally not on the cheap side . However , a San Francisco - based inauguration has plan to unfreeze a 3D printing machine for your smartphone , all for under $ 100 .
OLOis being launched through aKickstarter effort , which has already smashed its $ 80,000 target eight times over with a totality of more than $ 650,000 enhance .
The OLO 3D printer allows exploiter to create three - dimensional mark using the lightness from their smartphone blind . You can pick out your choice of design from an exist 3D design political program that is compatible with the OLO app . The printer practice a photopolymer rosin that hardens under the white light source of the screen door . The sparkle pass off from the screen ’s image reacts with the rosin and jell it stiff . The pressman then hoists it up and a new layer of rosin is " rain buckets " in to react with the Light Within .
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picture recognition : OLO / YouTube / MakeGIF
The start - up also have plans to link the whole experience to societal medium , allowing drug user to share their in the raw design and images of their final production with others .
Four AA barrage fire will get you 100 prints ( it ’s not clear how long each take to make , though ) , and the gimmick is described as a “ nigh noiseless chemical mechanism . ” It also works with smartphones of almost any size of it or make , including the monolithic displays of the iPhone 6S+ or Galaxy A7 .
The team have been fine - tune up their design for over two years with the hope of making it simple enough for first - timer yet sufficient enough for professional . Overall , it ’s remarkably simple – be of just seven plastic component , one chip , a motor , and four AA electric battery . Most outstanding of all , the creators of OLO say it will cost as little as $ 99 .
As OLO is still in its crowdfunding phase , there ’s no warrant it will make it onto shelf . However , judging by the success of the Kickstarter , it is looking promise that they will reach their mark to commercially produce their first manikin around September 2016 .
