NEW YORK: 3D printers can produce a variety of objects from guns to food, but now, thanks to Disney, they can print plush toys!
Disney reveals 3D printer that can print fabric material
The entertainment giant’s research lab recently released footage of a 3D printer that has the ability to print fabric material. The printer, designed by researchers from Disney, Cornell Unviersity and Carnegie Mellon University, uses a mixture of laser cutting and layer printing to create a unique printing method. “The machine builds the object up layer by layer by cutting shapes out of a sheet of adhesive felt, cramming/heating each layer together as it goes. You know those 3D puzzles where you stack a bunch of sheets to eventually build a weird, blocky version of Abe Lincoln’s head? It’s like that, but created on the fly,” reported TechCrunch.
