Printeer 3D-printer is perfect for future designers

Printeer is a 3D-printing device for you to print your own DIY designs that you’ve made on your iPad. This technology is a great way to introduce the youth to 3D-printing and design. Developed by start-up Mission Street Manufacturing, the team behind Printeer includes MIT graduates, engineering specialists, computer scientists, and software engineers.

Printeer is a digital device presented in a game-like format to establish tech-savviness and familiarity with future generations allowing them to establish  a rapport with cutting-edge technology. The program is user-friendly and takes only about 30 seconds to learn to use. The printer is accessed wirelessly, producing finished products sans wires or cables. The user simply designs with the draw feature on the iPad, and then prints within a couple of minutes; no intermediate steps between design time and 3D-printing need to be taken.

The Printeer device was built with an assortment of open-sourced hardware and software. It uses safe PLA plastic filament, creating only a tenth of the fine particles made by ABS plastic filaments, and delivers the objects on a removable bed. Printeer also supports 3D-printing files designed in computer-aided design (CAD) software. All of the printer’s internal parts, such as the belts, motors, sliders, and pullies, can be watched in action through the Printeer’s clear exterior. This apparatus weighs 15 pounds and measures 16 x 9 x 12 inches.

Printeer's Kickstarter campaign’s homepage states that the company “aims to bring 3D-printing to kids and schools across the globe” and is “committed to smart, sustainable growth” to maximize students’ educational experiences. Printeer has already raised $41,069 of its $50,000 end goal with 21 days still left in the campaign. The first batch of pre-ordered Printeers will be shipped this fall.

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