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Just saw this. And I want one now. This is amazing.

Read the article here: 3D Printed Electronics Have Arrived | by Michael | The Letters | Medium

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Would any of you see this as a tool in your drone making? I know I would use this.

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@Christian_CAD you’re buying? If so, I’m coming up to Denmark to play with it :wink:

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Very cool indeed! I’ve seen other printers using the concept of printing enclosure and conductors together but Voxel8 seems to have some significant weight behind them and the words “super-conductive” are the most critical ones here. Most conductive inks are still too resistive for many circuit applications but if these guys can print low resistance conductors they could well be leading a technology that could change the design of a wide range of electronic products. My only concern regards re-cycling.

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I would like to make an experiment with my Ultimaker but i am still waiting for the second extruder Kit.I would like to print a small lamp with branches like a tree. At the end of each branch I would place a small LED. The all structure would be printed in ABS/PLA but inside each branch i would print with the second extruder a tube in CONDUCTIVE FILAMENT.

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Sounds like a great idea. Just to avoid disappointment, I’d suggest you make a mock-up so you know the resistance you’ll get from the conductive filament. You should be able to do it, so long as the resistance is such that it limits the current through the LED but doesn’t turn it off.

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Wow, it seems that “finally” someone did it :slight_smile: I have been hoping for the day this would come ever since I first laid my grubby hands on a 3D-printer :wink: I design, make and sell what you could call “indie electronics”, and I cannot describe how awesome a tool this would be, and how much of a gamechanger it is for people like me. Here’s to hoping the price point comes down relatively quickly. Even though I am tempted to shell out the cash for one now! :stuck_out_tongue:

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The Printed Circuit Board itself is (despite the name) not printed, only some conductors and the plastic exterior are printed. Motors, sensors, microcontroller etc. are still not printed.

Yes it’s a step forward, but printing a replacement remote is still far in the future. I won’t say printing integrated circuit will remain impossible forever, look at what MAPPER (Mapper lithography, Delft, NL) is doing, but for the home user it probably will be impossible for the next 500 years or so, and without printing integrated circuits you can’t print a phone. (maybe the old rotary phone will be fully printable somewhere in the next 50 years).

Disclaimer: I’m just a techie, not a market analyst or anything that should know this.

That being said, it’s still quite cool.