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Scotty
Researchers from the Hasso Plattner Institute in Germany have recently created a mash-up of a 3D printer and a scanner, producing an awesome machine that can “teleport” physical objects to a nearby receiving 3D printer.
Titled ‘Scotty’, a nod to a fictional Star Trek character, the machine is made up of a modified MakerBot 3D printer that is fixed with a 3-axis milling machine, a camera and a micro controller.
To “send” objects across printers, the sender unit digitizes and shaves off the original object layer-by-layer, while the receiving unit starts decrypting and printing each layer in real-time.
With Scotty, the team of researchers hope to “help preserve the uniqueness and thus emotional value of physical objects between friends”, and address issues related with “fast electronic delivery of physical goods”.
Take a closer look at Scotty below.
Original object
“Teleported” object
[via The Creators Project, images via Hasso Plattner Institute]
Scotty
Researchers from the Hasso Plattner Institute in Germany have recently created a mash-up of a 3D printer and a scanner, producing an awesome machine that can “teleport” physical objects to a nearby receiving 3D printer.
Titled ‘Scotty’, a nod to a fictional Star Trek character, the machine is made up of a modified MakerBot 3D printer that is fixed with a 3-axis milling machine, a camera and a micro controller.
To “send” objects across printers, the sender unit digitizes and shaves off the original object layer-by-layer, while the receiving unit starts decrypting and printing each layer in real-time.
With Scotty, the team of researchers hope to “help preserve the uniqueness and thus emotional value of physical objects between friends”, and address issues related with “fast electronic delivery of physical goods”.
Take a closer look at Scotty below.
Original object
“Teleported” object
[via The Creators Project, images via Hasso Plattner Institute]