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The Genius of the Lego Printer

Posted by timothy on from the dot-by-dot-by-dot dept.

Barence writes "If you've ever struggled to build anything more complex than a cube of Lego, this will blow your mind. It's a fully functioning Lego printer, complete with felt tip print head."

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  1. I want a 3D printer by jgagnon · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That will take a CAD drawing and build me a Lego model from it. :p

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  2. Re:Ouch by obarel · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You mean "it's 1,000 times cheaper than inkjet".

  3. Re:Linux by alannon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Since OSX uses CUPS as its core printer driver system, I suspect it wouldn't be terribly difficult to make it run on Linux.

  4. Re:Technically... by mea37 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Plotters draw vectors. Based on the demo this is pretty clearly raster-based. Don't let the way it holds the ink fool you; it's a printer.