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This is INSANE! A pen that draws 3D sculptures from WobbleWorks

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Date
19 February 2013

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone – sorry to plunder your most famous work W.H. Auden but this needs a little quiet. Boston-based firm WobbleWorks have launched a Kickstarter to raise funds for the 3Doodler, billed as the world’s first 3D printing pen. This is by far one of the most interesting, exciting developments in this realm I’ve seen for ages and, for anyone else familiar with early 1990s cartoon Penny Crayon, our dreams may be about to become a reality.

Two 3D pen sculptures made from bright blue plastic stand on a white surface. One is a detailed model of the Eiffel Tower, and the other is a minimalist outline of a dinosaur.
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WobbleWorks: 3Doodler

A person holds a black handheld 3D pen, pressing its tip against a flat surface. A thin blue cable extends from the top of the device.
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WobbleWorks: 3Doodler

A row of orange 3D pen figures stand against a white wall. The simplified human shapes are connected by a single horizontal line.
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WobbleWorks: 3Doodler

A 3D pen and a sheet of templates for a model of the Eiffel Tower. Some of the black line drawings have been traced over in blue plastic.
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WobbleWorks: 3Doodler

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Rob Alderson

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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.

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