to print volume of solid objects, modern 3D printers use melted plastic. Disney Research has decided to change the usual approach, whereby it was created by a printer capable of printing of soft interactive objects made of fabric.

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to print volume of solid objects, modern 3D printers use melted plastic. Disney Research has decided to change the usual approach, whereby it was created by a printer capable of printing of soft interactive objects made of fabric.

it is Noteworthy that 3D printer from Disney Research can use regular old fabric. Its working principle is similar to traditional 3D printers, because the printer prints layer by layer. To give the object the desired shape, use special lasers, and for his strength applied temperature adhesive whose properties are activated by the heated printer head. With "pipeline" object comes out more like a square of fabric, so the user has to manually disrupt the surplus of textiles and to access the forms that are assigned to it by the laser.

So far, the researchers from Disney Research has shown several printed products, including toy rabbit, funny touch sensor for the computer and the case for smartphone with led light. On turn - printed apparel.