It’s designed for digital warehousing and made to order with no assembly needed. The innovation in this 3D printed novelty is a mechanical assembly with multiple moving components, printed as one part.
While 3D printers have been around since the early 1980s most people have never held a 3D printed object. A technology that has been around for almost as long as the cell phone is only now being dubbed a catalyst for the next industrial revolution.
3D printing is pretty impressive. It’s now possible to 3D print in ceramics, metal and glass. Other notable developments include applications in the 3D printing of prosthetics and artificial organs.
Democratized production and decentralised control is
accelerating as 3D printing technology becomes more affordable. These trends are
allowing novel applications to emerge.
It’s this intersecting of trends that has inspired me to reinvent a classic toy. The Loom Launcher is the world's first 3D printed, mechanical, multi-shot, self-priming, rubber-band launcher, printed fully assembled with moving parts.
Adrian's created 6 different designs: The Classic, The Princess, The Dirty Harry, The Wizard, The Spy, and The Powershot. You can take the virtual models for a spin on Kickstarter.
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