UTC3D Printer Breaks Kickstarter Tech Funding Record [VIDEO]

You may be able to download your sneakers before too long, but to really get in on the fun you'll probably want to have a 3D printer at home. Enter the Form 1, a Kickstarter project billed as "an affordable, high-resolution 3D printer for professional creators."

Just how excited are Kickstarter users about a quality 3D printing device they can actually own? The Form 1 recently became the site's most-funded tech campaign ever. At time of this writing, it had raised $2.46 million in donations, obliterating its original goal of $100,000. According to Kickstarter's listing of campaigns that have raked in the most cash, the previous funding record for the tech category belonged to the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, which raised $2.44 million earlier this year.

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That record does come with a small caveat though, because of how Kickstarter categorizes projects: the Pebble watch, for example, raised over $10 million this spring but is listed as a design, not tech, project. A Kickstarter spokesperson told Mashable Tuesday morning that the Form 1 was the site's sixth-most-funded project regardless of category.

Nonetheless, the Form 1 is an intriguing piece of creative hardware. If it's as good as advertised, it should provide an excellent option for makers looking to print out high quality objects of their own at home. So how does the Form 1's stereolithography proces work? A laser shapes liquid plastic resin layer-by-layer. Each layer of resin then hardens after being exposed to a specific wavelength until the whole object is finished. The Form 1 team has also designed custom 3D printing software to go along with its printer.

The Form 1's retail price has not yet been set, but rewards for donors may offer some general clues — backers who pledged $2,299 or more will receive a full printing kit, although spots are running out (donation levels go up to $10,000 or more).

Check out the Form 1 for yourself, then let us know what you think in the comments — how much would you pay for it?

Image courtesy of Kickstarter, Formlabs

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3D打印機刷新Kickstarter眾籌記錄

您可以在不久下載你的運動鞋，但要真正得到的樂趣，你可能會想在家里一個3D打印機。輸入表格1，標榜為Kickstarter的項目“負擔得起的，高分辨率的3D打印機專業的創造者?！?br />
究竟有多興奮的Kickstarter的用戶對他們居然可以擁有一個高質量的3D打印設備？該表格1最近成為該網站的最資助的科技活動不斷。在寫這篇文章的時候，它已經培養了$ 2.46億美元的捐款，擦掉$ 100,000它最初的目標。根據已傾斜的現金最多的運動Kickstarter的上市，對于技術類的以前的資金記錄屬于Oculus公司裂谷虛擬現實的耳機，這引起了$ 2.44萬美元，今年早些時候。

參見：你會下載實物遲早比你想象的，由于孩子們喜歡這些
這個紀錄不來，因為Kickstarter上如何分類項目，一個小警告，雖然，：卵石手表，例如，上升了$ 10個萬美元今年春天，但被列為一家集設計，不是技術，項目。一個Kickstarter的發言人告訴混搭周二上午，該表1是不分類別的網站的第六最資助的項目。

盡管如此，表1是一個有趣的一件創造性的硬件。如果是像宣傳的那么好，它應該提供一個很好的選擇廠商希望打印出自己的高品質物品在家中。那么，如何在表格1的光固化PROCES工作？激光形狀液體塑料樹脂層與層。樹脂的每一層在暴露于特定波長，直到整個物體完成后，然后硬化。該表1團隊還設計了定制的3D打印軟件附和其打印機。

該表1的零售價格尚未確定，但捐助者的回報可能會提供一些一般性的線索 - 支持者誰承諾$ 2,299或以上將獲得一個完整的打印工具包，盡管點正在運行的（捐贈水平上升到$ 10,000或以上）。

退房表1為自己，然后讓我們知道您的想法在評論 - 多少錢，你會為它付出？