Some students at Georgia Tech built this sweet print-bot, built on a iRobot iCreate. Love the way the talc “ink” interacts with the pile of the carpet to look like stitchery. Go GT!
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Some students at Georgia Tech built this sweet print-bot, built on a iRobot iCreate. Love the way the talc “ink” interacts with the pile of the carpet to look like stitchery. Go GT!
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So is this talc “ink”, or “talc” ink?
it’s talc “ink”, since it’s not really an ink, but a powder. (talcum powder)
I’m really impressed by the ingenuity of their “ink” dispenser… A drill bit and a funnel… Genius!
Glad you guys like it, more info at instructables! http://www.instructables.com/id/The-PrintBot/
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