Designer Niklas Roy Creates a Pen Plotter from Cardboard and Common Office Supplies
Posted By Morgana Matus On March 6, 2013 @ 3:30 pm In DIY,Eco Textiles,green gadgets,Greener Gadgets,Interactive Objects,Sustainable Materials | 1 Comment
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Designer Niklas Roy [5] has created an incredible miniature plotter made from Finnish cardboard, rubber bands, glue, tape, glue, and a welding rod. Roy designed the gadget while teaching a workshop [6] at the School of Art and Design at Offfenbach [7] on building digital devices out of cardboard [8]. The device uses a pen to draw line art across a grid, producing vectorized graphics. A small code book with coordinates for several drawings lets the user move the x and y switches that control the pen’s coordinates, letting the plotter function as a simple, low-tech version of a home printer [9].
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[5] Niklas Roy: http://www.niklasroy.com/project/149/cardboard_plotter
[6] workshop: http://www.niklasroy.com/workshop/148
[7] School of Art and Design at Offfenbach: http://www.hfg-offenbach.de/
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[9] home printer: http://inhabitat.com/the-diy-bioprinter-hack-lets-you-print-biomaterials-from-an-old-inkjet/
[10] Make: http://blog.makezine.com/2013/02/25/niklas-roys-cardboard-plotter/?parent=ArtDesign
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