AWARD YEAR
2017
CATEGORY
Work
GOALS
Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure
KEYWORDS
3-D Print, digital manufacturing
COUNTRY
United States of America
DESIGNED BY
Jennifer Lewis and others - Voxel8
WEBSITE
http://www.voxel8.com
Voxel8
The World's First 3D Electronics Printer
3-D printers have mastered the art of reproducing cheap plastic trinkets, but the day when you can 3-D print an iPhone at home is still far off. The Voxel8 is bringing it one step closer, though, by allowing you to seamlessly embed electronics into a 3-D printed object, printing out 'wires' of conductive ink and then seamlessly embedding them in a larger plastic chassis, all as part of the printing process. Voxel8's ultimate goal is to enable the mass customization of electronic devices, but even right now, the technology can be used to print out your own quadrocopter at home. Voxel8 makes 3D printing electronics for everybody a lot more feasible.