Humans are accustomed to drawing in the air. We gesture with our hands when talking and will try to illustrate charade secrets by drawing objects in space. 3D-printing pens takes those gestures, makes them tangible and, in the hands of an artists, beautiful. Recent 3D-printing pens have been cool, but clunky affairs. LIX Pen, however, is something different. Its light, small and apparently needs no more power than you can draw from your run-of-the-mill laptop. Now its coming to Kickstarter.

　　在描述一件東西的時(shí)候，人們喜歡用手在空氣中勾勒一下這個(gè)東西的大致形狀，然后邊說(shuō)邊比劃，有時(shí)候?yàn)榱吮M可能的描述相關(guān)特征，還會(huì)在空氣中進(jìn)行繪圖作業(yè)。不過(guò)現(xiàn)在，一款3D打印筆能夠收集這些手勢(shì)動(dòng)作，并且實(shí)實(shí)在在地把手勢(shì)勾畫的對(duì)象呈現(xiàn)出來(lái)，感覺(jué)就像是一只靈動(dòng)的藝術(shù)家之手。最近有不少很酷的3D打印筆出 現(xiàn)在市面上，但是絕大多數(shù)都顯得十分笨重，不便操作。不過(guò)LIX Pen卻是完全不同的一支3D打印筆。這款筆重量輕，體積小，而且用戶可以輕而易舉地拿起來(lái)比劃兩下，絲毫不會(huì)比在普通筆記本電腦上繪畫繁瑣。現(xiàn)在，它來(lái) 到了著名的眾籌平臺(tái)Kickstarter。

　　Measuring 6.45 inches long, 0.55 inch in diameter and weighing just 1.23 ounces, the aluminum 3D-printing pen (which also comes in black) really is pen sized. You hold it just like a pen, and plug a 3.5mm-like jack into the base and the other end of your cable into your computer. The juice allows LIX to heat to over 300-degrees Fahrenheit, though the plant-based PLA filament (it can also use the stronger ABS plastic) only needs to heat to 180-degrees to work. That filament is fed in through a hole in the base and emerges as a super-heated liquid on the tip so you can start doodling in the air.

　　如果對(duì)這支筆做下測(cè)量，會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)它有6.45英寸長(zhǎng)（約16.38厘米），直徑為0.55英寸（約1.40厘米），重量只有1.23盎司（約34.87克）。 這款鋁制3D打印筆（顏色為黑色）和真筆大小一樣，握在手上的感覺(jué)就像是握一支鋼筆，在筆的末端有一個(gè)3.5毫米大小的插孔，用戶可以用連接線把它和自己 的計(jì)算機(jī)連接在一起。LIX打印筆使用的墨水可以加熱到華氏300度，但是他們采用的PLA纖維打印材料只需加熱到華氏180度就能正常工作了，另外 它也支持使用更強(qiáng)的ABS塑料打印材料。LIX 3D打印筆噴出的纖維絲是通過(guò)筆底部的一個(gè)孔灌注進(jìn)去的，然后從筆尖處涌出經(jīng)過(guò)熱處理的液體，并迅速在空氣中固化，這樣用戶就可以在空氣中涂鴉了。

　　Unlike 3D printers, there is no program guiding the printing tip. Instead, to create 3D objects, you simply start drawing in the air with the LIX Pen, moving slowly as the melted filament draws out. It cools quickly so that your structure remains rigid. Each filament rod is about 10 centimeters long and should, according to the company, last for about two minutes of air-drawing.

　　和3D打印機(jī)不同，LIX 3D打印筆沒(méi)有應(yīng)用程序支持，它就是非常直接地創(chuàng)造出了一個(gè)3D物體對(duì)象，用戶使用LIX Pen在空氣中勾勒，當(dāng)纖維絲融化流出之后開(kāi)始慢慢移動(dòng)，就可以進(jìn)行繪圖作業(yè)了。LIX Pen的墨水可以迅速冷卻，讓你勾勒出的結(jié)構(gòu)圖保持剛性。另外根據(jù)該公司表示，每個(gè)纖維絲棒大約有10厘米長(zhǎng)，可以維持兩分鐘的空氣繪圖作業(yè)。

　　3D pen printing works for everything from abstract sculpture to fine art and jewelry to T-shirt design. The only limit, it appears, is your skill level and ability to hold and move the pen very, very steadily.

　　3D打印筆可以應(yīng)用在很多領(lǐng)域，比如制作一個(gè)抽象雕塑藝術(shù)品和珠寶，或是進(jìn)行T恤衫的設(shè)計(jì)，等等。但是使用3D打印筆的時(shí)候需要用戶具有一定的技術(shù)水平，比如你必須要能握定這支筆，然后非常穩(wěn)地移動(dòng)。

　　LIX co-founder Anton Suvorov, told Mashable the companys 3D-printing pen has no concurrence on the market, and it should arrive in Kickstarter sometime around April 14, where the company will be taking pre-orders. The starting price, at least for the campaign, will be $139.95. LIX also sells, for $59.95, a ballpoint pen replica of LIX that is nothing more than a regular pen, but why would anyone want that?

　　LIX 聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人Anton Suvorov表示，該公司的3D打印筆還沒(méi)有投放上市，但是他們應(yīng)該會(huì)在4月14日左右登陸到眾籌平臺(tái)Kickstarter，并在上面接受預(yù)定。 LIX Pen的起售價(jià)將會(huì)是139.95美元，此外，LIX還在Kickstarter上面銷售一款3D打印筆的復(fù)刻版圓珠筆，不過(guò)這支筆就是一支普通的圓珠 筆，可售價(jià)卻高達(dá)59,95美元，真想不通會(huì)有人想要這支筆嗎?

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Humans are accustomed to drawing in the air. We gesture with our hands when talking and will try to illustrate charade secrets by drawing objects in space. 3D-printing pens takes those gestures, makes them tangible and, in the hands of an artists, beautiful. Recent 3D-printing pens have been cool, but clunky affairs. LIX Pen, however, is something different. Its light, small and apparently needs no more power than you can draw from your run-of-the-mill laptop. Now its coming to Kickstarter.

　　在描述一件東西的時(shí)候，人們喜歡用手在空氣中勾勒一下這個(gè)東西的大致形狀，然后邊說(shuō)邊比劃，有時(shí)候?yàn)榱吮M可能的描述相關(guān)特征，還會(huì)在空氣中進(jìn)行繪圖作業(yè)。不過(guò)現(xiàn)在，一款3D打印筆能夠收集這些手勢(shì)動(dòng)作，并且實(shí)實(shí)在在地把手勢(shì)勾畫的對(duì)象呈現(xiàn)出來(lái)，感覺(jué)就像是一只靈動(dòng)的藝術(shù)家之手。最近有不少很酷的3D打印筆出 現(xiàn)在市面上，但是絕大多數(shù)都顯得十分笨重，不便操作。不過(guò)LIX Pen卻是完全不同的一支3D打印筆。這款筆重量輕，體積小，而且用戶可以輕而易舉地拿起來(lái)比劃兩下，絲毫不會(huì)比在普通筆記本電腦上繪畫繁瑣。現(xiàn)在，它來(lái) 到了著名的眾籌平臺(tái)Kickstarter。

　　Measuring 6.45 inches long, 0.55 inch in diameter and weighing just 1.23 ounces, the aluminum 3D-printing pen (which also comes in black) really is pen sized. You hold it just like a pen, and plug a 3.5mm-like jack into the base and the other end of your cable into your computer. The juice allows LIX to heat to over 300-degrees Fahrenheit, though the plant-based PLA filament (it can also use the stronger ABS plastic) only needs to heat to 180-degrees to work. That filament is fed in through a hole in the base and emerges as a super-heated liquid on the tip so you can start doodling in the air.

　　如果對(duì)這支筆做下測(cè)量，會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)它有6.45英寸長(zhǎng)（約16.38厘米），直徑為0.55英寸（約1.40厘米），重量只有1.23盎司（約34.87克）。 這款鋁制3D打印筆（顏色為黑色）和真筆大小一樣，握在手上的感覺(jué)就像是握一支鋼筆，在筆的末端有一個(gè)3.5毫米大小的插孔，用戶可以用連接線把它和自己 的計(jì)算機(jī)連接在一起。LIX打印筆使用的墨水可以加熱到華氏300度，但是他們采用的PLA纖維打印材料只需加熱到華氏180度就能正常工作了，另外 它也支持使用更強(qiáng)的ABS塑料打印材料。LIX 3D打印筆噴出的纖維絲是通過(guò)筆底部的一個(gè)孔灌注進(jìn)去的，然后從筆尖處涌出經(jīng)過(guò)熱處理的液體，并迅速在空氣中固化，這樣用戶就可以在空氣中涂鴉了。

　　Unlike 3D printers, there is no program guiding the printing tip. Instead, to create 3D objects, you simply start drawing in the air with the LIX Pen, moving slowly as the melted filament draws out. It cools quickly so that your structure remains rigid. Each filament rod is about 10 centimeters long and should, according to the company, last for about two minutes of air-drawing.

　　和3D打印機(jī)不同，LIX 3D打印筆沒(méi)有應(yīng)用程序支持，它就是非常直接地創(chuàng)造出了一個(gè)3D物體對(duì)象，用戶使用LIX Pen在空氣中勾勒，當(dāng)纖維絲融化流出之后開(kāi)始慢慢移動(dòng)，就可以進(jìn)行繪圖作業(yè)了。LIX Pen的墨水可以迅速冷卻，讓你勾勒出的結(jié)構(gòu)圖保持剛性。另外根據(jù)該公司表示，每個(gè)纖維絲棒大約有10厘米長(zhǎng)，可以維持兩分鐘的空氣繪圖作業(yè)。

　　3D pen printing works for everything from abstract sculpture to fine art and jewelry to T-shirt design. The only limit, it appears, is your skill level and ability to hold and move the pen very, very steadily.

　　3D打印筆可以應(yīng)用在很多領(lǐng)域，比如制作一個(gè)抽象雕塑藝術(shù)品和珠寶，或是進(jìn)行T恤衫的設(shè)計(jì)，等等。但是使用3D打印筆的時(shí)候需要用戶具有一定的技術(shù)水平，比如你必須要能握定這支筆，然后非常穩(wěn)地移動(dòng)。

　　LIX co-founder Anton Suvorov, told Mashable the companys 3D-printing pen has no concurrence on the market, and it should arrive in Kickstarter sometime around April 14, where the company will be taking pre-orders. The starting price, at least for the campaign, will be $139.95. LIX also sells, for $59.95, a ballpoint pen replica of LIX that is nothing more than a regular pen, but why would anyone want that?

　　LIX 聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人Anton Suvorov表示，該公司的3D打印筆還沒(méi)有投放上市，但是他們應(yīng)該會(huì)在4月14日左右登陸到眾籌平臺(tái)Kickstarter，并在上面接受預(yù)定。 LIX Pen的起售價(jià)將會(huì)是139.95美元，此外，LIX還在Kickstarter上面銷售一款3D打印筆的復(fù)刻版圓珠筆，不過(guò)這支筆就是一支普通的圓珠 筆，可售價(jià)卻高達(dá)59,95美元，真想不通會(huì)有人想要這支筆嗎?

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