3 unexpected features of the printer that you didn't expect

With the development of technology every day, scientists have improved many features of the printer such as tattooing, playing music or even making bacon.

Printers and features make you feel surprised

By swapping machine parts of 3D printers and ordinary printers such as motors and extruders, combined with adjusting the pre-programmed parameters of machine parts, the researchers had many tests. exciting.

Automatic tattoo technology can be done with 3D printers.(Artwork: Chris Philpot)

Tattoo on skin

18 months ago, the student group, Pierre Emm, Piotr Widelka and Johan da Silveira decided to turn Makerbot 3D into an automatic "tattoo artist" . They replaced the inkjet printer's injection molding unit which is often used when tattooing.

The printer is equipped with a tactile sensor to detect changes in the surface of human skin. In addition, drawings are digitized with Autodesk design software commonly used with 3D printers. After these operations, the new printer version successfully tattooed a circle on the human arm.

Appropriate Audiences intends to bring the commercial version to the market in 2016, called Tatoué .

Turn your printer into a music player.(Artwork: Chris Philpot)

Play music

When fixing the Simple 3D Printrbot, Silviu Stroe happened to discover something very interesting: the circular motion of the stepper motor while performing the nozzle movement on the printout produced a sound like a musical note . The speed of rotation changes will create a different tone. This means 3D printers can play music.

By setting the speed and rotation time of the device corresponding to each note, Stroe transferred the Star Wars movie to the G Code language - a programming language that the printer can understand. He said that because the color limit of the printer is endless, they can be played from light Barry Barry's light tracks to the vibrant songs of Beyonce.

Making bacon from the printer.(Artwork: Chris Philpot)

Processing bacon

During a dinner, members of the Rabbit Hole team (participating in last year's hackathon) accidentally came up with the idea of using a laser printer to process bacon . In a conventional laser printer, the ink roller melts toner at 232 degrees C on the paper surface. To control the speed of the printer, they replace the motor of the printer with an electric screwdriver. Pieces of crispy bacon perfectly after several times running through the printer roller.