Some new crazy materials have entered the 3D printing world recently. The most bizarre one has to be ice tea.
Open3DP, a site sponsored by the Solheim Additive Manufacturing Laboratory out of the University of Washington’s Mechanical Engineering Department has been experimenting with all sorts of materials. Now, they finally have a recipe for printed Ice tea (after some extensive research..). There’s only one downside, binders make it inedible… The real purpose of this invention has yet to be discovered, but still it’s pretty awesome!
Sugar
Another crazy new material is sugar! In a technical sense its Caramel because the sugar is melted down by a heat gun. The new possibilities of this printed sugar are a candy lover’s wet dream. Why not make a giant edible screw?
Stone
This one is a one-to-watch. In the beginning of this week we covered a story about DShape. This company is currently leading the 3D printed stone revolution and has to be mentioned when talking about crazy new materials. The technology and process opens up 3D printing of large-scale structures. Incredible!
