This Is The World's First 3D Printed Laptop
Everything you need to build your 3D-printable laptop, bar the printer itself, comes in a pack currently on sale for $286.
The Pi-Top pack includes a customizable template for the 3D printer, so you can print your laptop in any colour or even have your name embossed on the shell. It also contains a screen and a "Raspberry Pi" - a desktop tower the size of a credit card - that need to be slotted into the shell to form the final laptop.The Pi-Top has all the functions of a normal laptop, but its inventors hope it will be used to teach children to become more computer literate by learning how to dismantle and reassemble it.
The laptop, which officially launches in May, is available to buy on the crowdfunding website Indiegogo, which enables thousands of people to pledge seed capital to a new idea rather than relying on a loan.
Here's what the Pi-Top package on Indiegogo comes with:
1) Injection molded case
2) 3D printer STL files compatible for most print bed sizes (5" x 5" bed size and up)
3) PCBs - Power Management, HDMI to LVDS Bridge and Keyboard & Trackpad Controller.
4) Electronics breadboard
5) Battery
6) Keyboard
7) Trackpad
8) 13.3"HD LCD Screen
9) Wifi adapter
9) Acrylic slice
10) Wiring
11) DC wall plug
12) Build instructions
13) Online & integrated lesson plans
The idea with Pi-Top is to teach users how to build their own devices with Raspberry Pi, not just laptops but home automation devices, robots, and other hardware. To do that, the Pi-Top has its own gamified learning environment to teach users step-by-step how to build.
Here's one of Pi-Top's founders talking about the device:
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