The 3Doodler, a sort of
handheld 3D modeler, made its public debut at the IFA consumer
electronics show in Berlin this week after racking up thousands of
preorders as part of a Kickstarter program.
The gadget extrudes
heated plastic, similar to an electric glue gun, that allows users to
make a variety of objects. The company plans to offer stencils on its
website for beginner users to make everything from the Eiffel Tower to a
horse-drawn carriage.
See the 3Doodler in action in a video on YouTube.
During its Kickstarter program, which launched in February, the company raised US$2.34 million and presold 26,000 pens.
"Since
then we've had our heads down making these pens and we're here at IFA
for the first time showing it in public," said Daniel Cowen co-founder
of 3Doodler.
Kickstarter is a website that allows entrepreneurs to crowd source funding for various projects and ideas.
The
device uses two different types of plastic sticks, purchased
separately, and each has a speciality. ABS, or acrylonitrile butadiene
styrene, plastic is good for drawing upwards, creating bendable art or
"doodling" on paper and then peeling it off. PLA, or polyactic acid,
plastic is better for making acute angles or drawing on glass or
metallic surfaces.
The pen will be available for $99 and is on
presale on the company's website. First the Kickstarter orders will
ship, then the presale ones and finally general sale purchases will
ship. Cowen said he hopes to be in retail stores by early next year.
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