Friday, July 13, 2012

VIA's Mini-ITX power 3D printing machine

I have read a bit about 3D printing. It's fascinating tech and what's even more fascinating is how it could revolutionise the way we procure goods. Imagine being able to design objects by manipulating templates and then watching while it prints. I'm sure the watching part would get old pretty quick, but choosing and ordering items could well be revolutionised.

The idea that 3D printers could end up in every home is something that many bloggers have predicted. Small and quiet PCs are required to run the software for the printers. No doubt one day they'll all be combined into one device. VIA's embedded systems have features which make them very suitable to this sort of application.


TweakTown were given the chance to visit VIA's Taipei office and have their TT logo printed in 3D on a system with aVE-900 Mini-ITX powered MakerBot 3D printer. Here are the results.

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