CANDYFAB 4000 - 3D PRINTING WITH GRANULATED SUGAR

The Evil Mad Scientist crew couldn't stop at toast--they took it up a notch and conquered the realm of 3-D (sugar) printing (it was a tad bit mysterious before) using a hot air gun and a relatively low-cost technology called selective hot air sintering and melting.

"Our design goals were (1) a low cost design leveraging recycled components (2) large printable volume emphasized over high resolution, and (3) ability to use low-cost printing media including granulated sugar. We are extremely pleased to be able to report that it has been a success: Our three dimensional fabricator is now fully operational and we have used it to print several large, low-resolution, objects out of pure sugar."

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