3Doodler Start makes 3D drawing kid's play

3D printers for the home haven’t quite taken off the way everyone expected them to, but the technology is finding some new life in an ever-growing variety of 3D printing pens.

These pens take the mechanics of a 3D printer and boil them down to a hand-held device that, essentially, lets you draw in mid-air. The super-heated plastic (or, in some cases UV-light activated gel) hardens instantly, letting creative people make, with lots and lots of practice, remarkable 3D objects.

That latest addition to this mini market is 3Doodler Start, a kids-version of the sleek 3Doodler 3D printing pen first introduced in 2013 and got and that got a significant update in 2015 Read more...