3D printing has really been revolutionizing things these days. Jewelry and, lately, food, people are printing, it sometimes feels less like a revolution than an awesome hobby.
Advances in biomedical 3D printing certainly help dispel some of those notions. The world’s first 3D electronics printer from Voxel8 could eliminate them completely.
Voxel8 is a small high-tech materials firm in Summerville, Massachusetts, that has built what it believes is the World’s first 3D electronics printer. Previous electronics printing efforts have involved retrofitting existing 3D printers or printing out circuit boards using inkjet printers and a lot of elbow grease.
“We’re essentially materials experts,” said Voxel8 cofounder and hardware lead Michael Bell. “We envision a future where we can use our materials expertise and replace many of the non-integrated circuit components, such as resistors, capacitors and inductors with printed inks,” said Bell.