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The\u00a0handheld computers we carry in our pockets represent\u00a0almost unimaginable complexity. Batteries, sensors, chips, circuits, and touch displays in a space age shell, all painstakingly assembled by thousands of workers and shipped globally.<\/p>\n
Smartphones have disrupted numerous industries. Up next? Disrupting how such\u00a0modern marvels are made. What if you could dramatically reduce the number of parts and eliminate assembly\u2014what if you could 3D print a smartphone?<\/p>\n
Voxel8\u2019s new 3D printer<\/a>, which can print functioning electronic devices all in one piece, heralds just such a radical possibility<\/a>. It should be noted that Voxel8\u2019s printer can\u2019t print every component yet. But that doesn\u2019t lessen its significance.<\/p>\n How does it work? In one sense, just like your standard 3D printer, the device is guided by digital modeling software to build shapes out of consecutive layers of plastic. When instructed, the printer pauses and a second print nozzle lays down highly conductive circuits while the operator pops in key components like processor, battery, and motors.<\/p>\n Voxel8\u2019s demo video shows the device printing a working drone quadcopter start to finish.<\/p>\n