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3D Chocolate Printer Made from Legos?

Posted by michael on from the mmmm,-chocolate dept.

enrico_suave writes "Whoot.org (linked via Coral P2P Cache because the poor guy is hosting on a ADSL line) has cool design pics, a now removed video clip, and some interesting details of the process. From one of the plog entries: 'We've developed a print head that will print 5mm 'pixels' of the consumable. It basically acts as a pump. It's a medium sized lego gear (driven by a worm gear attached to the motor) with four axles that repeatedly squeeze and release a pipe attached to a funnel that holds the consumables. a half-rotation of this wheel yields a blob.'"

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  1. Please, it's not 'Legos' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You sound like a moron. They're Lego bricks.

    1. Re:Please, it's not 'Legos' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      Damn it, regardless of the proper name, it's a common enough convention to call the plural of a Lego, Legos. Go fuck yourself.

  2. Re:Great excuse for school by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    beware he who would deny you access to information, for in his mind he dreams himself your master

    Your sig makes alot of sense, a current example would be John F. Kerry not wishing to sign the form releasing all his military records as George W. Bush has already done.

  3. Re:mirror by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Delete the space between "l" and "ego", idiot.