3D Printing of Custom Personal Electronics Arrives

Zothecula writes "Researchers at the University of Warwick have created a cheap plastic composite that can be used even with low-end 3D printers, to produce custom-made electronic devices. The material, nicknamed 'carbomorph,' is both conductive and piezoresistive, meaning that both electronic tracks and touch-sensitive areas can now be easily embedded in 3D-printed objects without the need for complex procedures or expensive materials."

Comments

Bye, bye iPhone

[Toe, The]

I just printed out a better phone.

(Or is that still a ways off? Ahem.)

One small step away from giant leap forward

[next_ghost]

Insulators/structural support - check
Conductors - check
Inductors - check
Resistors - check
Capacitors - check

Now all we need are two 3D-printable materials that can form a semiconductor and an extruder design that can automatically switch between all of those materials and the 3D printing bonanza will begin.