PENSA! has demonstrated a new DIY rapid prototyping machine.
Their wire bender can take 3D files, vector files, or even text files, and automatically “print” them out with aluminum wire.
The shapes it can make are truly impressive. Also, one of the first things they printed was a text bubble with the word “$#!?” in it. My kind of people.
They just released this little marvel on May 2nd. Hopefully, they’ll provide the design files so we (I) can add yet another machine to the DO WANT list.
Found on Core77 and Hack A Day.
For what it’s worth, a year ago the P2P Foundation listed a “CNC wire bender” in their hypothetical Digital Manufacturing Ecosystem. They got it 2/3 right…PENSA!’s works in 3D instead of 2D.
Related Links
- Fincher, Jonathan. (21 May 2012). DIWire is a 3D printer for 2D creations. Gizmag.
- Sterling, Bruce. (20 May 2012). The DIWire Bender, a wire-bending fabricator. Wired.
- Dumbo Bid. (16 May 2012). Make wires bend to your will with PENSA’s DIWire Bender. Dumbo.
- MacManus, Christopher. (23 May 2012). DIWire Bender wire printer blends 2D, 3D shapes. CNET.
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