Remember Etch A Sketch? Created by a French inventor in the late 1950s in his basement, but sold through the Ohio Art Company, it kept thousand of kids and adults entertained for decades, event today.
And now we take a giant step forward in the world of doodling - the first 3D drawing pen, the 3Doodler is here. Recently launched on Kickstarter by a new company out of Boston called Wobbleworks, the company hopes to raise $30,000 USD to get these pens into the market before Fall 2013.
The interesting thing about these inventors is they have been around the block. Serial inventors and co-founders, Peter Dilworth and Maxwell Bogue, met in China while working on other projects and have been developing gadgets and toys for more than 20 years. It paid off, the 3Doodler is a brand new way of creating 3D objects and the company wants to make it the most affordable 3D printing device on the market.
For early backers on Kickstarter, the 3Doodler pen will be available for $50 USD. The also teamed up with leading Etsy artists to provide an Etsy Special for early backers.
The pen has been designed to be compact and easy to use, you just plug it into a power socket and can start drawing anything within minutes.
“We wanted to design a 3D printing device that could be used within minutes, without needing any technical knowledge, software or computers. We also wanted it to be affordable as well as fun, so that anyone could 3Doodle,” said Peter Dilworth, Co-Founder & CEO, WobbleWorks.
