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This digital diary design adds an analog and retro twist to journaling

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As someone who’s a huge fan of journaling, I’m always on the lookout for things that can help me in my journey, whether it’s analog or digital. For the past years, we’ve seen products and devices that are trying to be a little bit of both. And there are people who enjoy both kinds of journaling as well so you know that there’s a market for that. Just in case you don’t know anything about journaling, you can probably recognize it by its more old-school name: diary.

Designer: Seongmin Ha, Hanyoung Lee

This concept called Dear my diary is a great combination of analog and sort-of digital. Some people who journal like the idea of actually writing down their thoughts and feelings but the problem is storage. You’ll have to scan each page and save them on a cloud to be able to “save” a copy of your journal entries. But what if you could combine both? So the designers came up with something that lets you write in an analog manner but also lets you store it digitally.

The device looks like a classic computer but instead of a keyboard, you get a small, erasable slate where you can write your journal entries. These are then saved into a tiny disk, designed to look like the floppy disks of olden times but much smaller. It’s not indicated how much megabytes or gigabytes storage each of the disks have, what format these will be saved in, or if you’ll be able to access these files on other devices.

The Dear my diary also comes with a printer, in case you wanted to print out your journal entries and post them on your cork board or on your other analog, actual journal. The disk is inserted into the printer and you’ll be able to have a printed copy of what you wrote on the slate but on a specific format that the printer has. It looks like one of those thermal printers that you use for labeling and well, printing stuff.

I still don’t have an idea how this diary device will actually work in real life but I am very much intrigued. Given that I keep both a digital diary and an actual journal, I am definitely the target market for something like this.

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This handheld printer concept reduces waste by printing on any paper size

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If you could print on any size of paper at any time, you can probably help cut down on the number of trees that have to be cut down needlessly.

We live in a world that revolves around content stored in digital form, but we also still live in a world that exists in the physical and material realm. Giving physical form to those digital files still happens a lot, perhaps more than it should be, so the need for the printed page isn’t going away any time soon. Unfortunately, printing on paper is also one of the biggest causes of waste, especially when you consider the different paper sizes that are used throughout the world. If printing is inevitable, we might as well try to make it as efficient as possible, which is what this ideal printer is trying to propose.

Designer: Alonso Bastos Durán

Of course, all printers these days can support a range of paper sizes, but those naturally require that you have a supply of those materials. Not much of a problem if you only ever print in one size all the time, but when you need to print something smaller, you’re stuck with having to cut and throw away the excess areas. That pretty much leads to waste, which, in the long run, worsens the state of deforestation in the world. Since it’s not really possible to just stop printing altogether, the next best thing is to be as flexible as possible.

The Printall concept does exactly that by adjusting its printout to any paper, even if it means a smaller size than your regular printer can support. That’s only possible, however, because the device doesn’t exactly function in the same way as a regular printer. You don’t have to feed it paper because it doesn’t actually have to apply ink on it like you would on a normal inkjet printer.

Instead, the printer uses Xerography, which basically uses electricity to charge black or colored powder so that they stick to surfaces. Also known as electrophotography, the dry copying technique offers a bit more flexibility, at least in what you can print on. That’s what makes Printall special because it could print on any compatible material, including things that might not be paper. You can even print on steel or concrete with the right materials. In context, however, it simply means you can accommodate the biggest and the smallest printer sizes with no exception.

Without the restrictions of physical paper, the printer can also break free of having to be tethered to a single location. In fact, Printall is designed to be portable and handheld, allowing you to print anywhere and on anything that is compatible with that same xerographic technology. That said, it does seem like you will need to be the one that guides the printer over the paper or surface, so it’s not exactly certain how accurate it will be. But since it’s actually just using light, it’s possible to also just step back, project your image on “paper,” and let the printout magically appear.

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Niimbot B21 label printer gives off some classy vintage vibes

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Portable printers are the rage these days with photography enthusiasts and organization diehards. Some let you print out photos almost instantaneously to share with your friends, while others print stickers and labels that you can stick on objects for identification or design. Almost all of these small printers come in designs that clearly mark them as something related to computers or technology, even while trying to aim for more youthful customers with whimsical or eye-catching colors. That’s what sets this label printer apart, looking more like a miniature prop from an art deco film rather than something utilitarian and geeky.

Designer: inDare for Niimbot

Right out of the box, your brain will try to think of where the Niimbot B21 thermal label printer fits in terms of design language. Regardless of whether you think it’s from the 30s or 50s with a pinch of art deco elements thrown in, there will be little argument that this thing is beautiful. Probably more beautiful than a printer has any business to be.

Looking like a cross between a typewriter, a cash register, and a radio, the Niimbot B21 is unique among the company’s other label printers in its more luxurious design. Painted in glossy red, green, or black colors, the printer adds a touch of gold or silver to a few parts, like the plate in front that houses the power button and LED light indicator, as well as the company’s other name emblazoned in stylized letters across its face. There’s also a lever at the side used to open the printer for replacing the label paper roll.

As a label printer, the functions of the Niimbot B21 are less exciting than its appearance. Everything except turning the printer on or off has to be done through a smartphone connected via Bluetooth. There is no ink inside, which makes it safer to carry the printer around, but it does use conventional thermal printing technology to print anything out. That means you’re pretty much limited to black and white designs, and your labels will fade out after two or three months.

That’s really nothing new for people who frequently print labels, and they might get a kick out of the Niimbot B21’s unique design anyway. And when the printer eventually breaks down and becomes unusable, it can still function as a decorative piece on your desk, extending its usefulness for years to come.

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LUGO G3 dual extruder 3D printer makes creating your dream project more enjoyable

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3D printers have already introduced a whole new world of creativity, but this new printer breaks the gates wide open thanks to its dual-wielding innovations.

It’s almost inconceivable today how there was a time when hobbyists and modders could only dream of projects that required access to expensive and professional production pipelines, which practically translated to the word “impossible.” 3D printers democratized the process of creating parts, whole chassis, or even food, depending on the material used. Most 3D printers, however, have so far been limited to using one kind of material at a time, which means creators have to spend more time printing each piece separately and then assembling them afterward. Dual extruder printers also exist but are neither accessible nor convenient to use. LUGOLABS makes that a thing of the past, and its new LUGO G3 is giving dual 3D printers a unique spin, making it easier to work with two different materials simultaneously to reduce production time and assembly work.

Designer: LUGOLABS

Click Here to Buy Now: $1679 $2399 (30% off). Hurry, for a limited time only.

3D printers had come a long way since the early days when most were limited to either using ABS or PLA materials. There’s a wide variety of options these days, including glass fiber reinforced and oil-free, but most 3D printers are still limited to working with one material at a time. This means that you will have to switch filaments whenever you want to change materials, so you’ll have to do extra work to batch prints of the same material together. It also means you have to do the extra work of assembling pieces that should have been made together in the first place.

The combination of DCH head and purge-box in LUGO G3 enables multiple parts to combine into a single product in one process.

The LUGO G3 is part of a breed of 3D printers that can actually print a single piece that’s made from two different materials. This means that you can have a part that combines rigid as well as flexible materials or mix strong materials with an oil-free motion piece to remove the need to create and use a bearing. This gives creators the freedom to print more complex structures and parts compared to regular 3D printers. These dual-wielding 3D printers are nothing new, of course, but most of them have been out of reach for most hobbyists and creators, either because of their complexity or because of their price.

It’s easier than ever to print multiple parts with different materials.

What makes the LUGO G3 special is how it makes dual extruders more convenient and more enjoyable to use. That starts from how precisely calibrated it is, which removes worries about having gaps or overlapping areas. Each of the two nozzles’ temperatures can also be controlled separately, making it easier to work with materials that have different temperature requirements. Even better, LUGOLABS has developed its own new material called Lutan, made from a PBT copolymer that is easy to print but still sturdy, unlike typical PLA.

The LUGO G3 also has other features that help make the user’s life easier, like a double-sided spring plate bed and swappable nozzles that can work with different kinds of material. The printer also has a high-efficiency H13 HEPA filter to keep harmful gas byproducts away from you and your family. LUGOLABS has taken the existing concept of dual 3D printers and leveled it up, making the system more affordable and more comfortable to use. With its one-of-a-kind DCH Head and an assortment of innovative features, the LUGO G3 Dual Extruder 3D Printer breaks through the barriers of dual 3D printing to help creative minds turn their ideas and dreams into reality.

Click Here to Buy Now: $1679 $2399 (30% off). Hurry, for a limited time only.

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This handheld printer lets you put your best art on your arm temporarily

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You can now be the center of attraction at a party and still be squeaky clean before you go to work the next day.

Tattoos have always been controversial in the modern age. Although they had important social and cultural significance for most cultures in the past, they have acquired a stigma today that’s often associated with unsavory characters. There’s also the issue of tattoo inks causing negative effects on your body, especially your blood. Temporary tattoos have long been available as relatively safe alternatives, but a new kind of device is trying to make it easier to show your creativity on your body, even for just a while.

Designer: Prinker

Prinker is a handheld printer like no other, designed and engineered to print not on paper but on your skin. Although the Samsung spinoff has been around for a while, it’s bringing its most compact version yet, the Prinker M. No larger than a typical barcode scanner, the device can easily be taken with you anywhere, like at a party where you can amaze friends and strangers with the ability to put colorful tattoos at a moment’s notice.

The device itself is only part of the magic, however, and Prinker’s proprietary ink is what makes it possible to actually put something on your skin. The ink is waterproof but can be easily removed with soap and water, making sure you can hide any evidence of the previous day’s shenanigans. Prinker says that the ink is registered with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Voluntary Cosmetic Registration Program (VCRP) and EU Cosmetic Product Notification Portal (CPNP), though it makes no mention of environmental hazards of the substance.

Of course, temporary tattoos are nothing new. What Prinker brings to the table is the ability to not only choose your tattoo design but also make one of your own. There are mobile apps for Android and iOS, as well as a cloud-based platform for downloading and uploading designs. Not many temporary tattoo platforms offer this kind of flexibility, making Prinker a one-of-a-kind tool for artistic expression.

The Prinker M is the newest and smallest version of this handheld temporary tattoo machine, but it does have one limitation. The older Prinker S can use both black and colored inks, while the Prinker M is limited to colors only. That said, it is also cheaper at $199, though you’ll also have to allocate $99 for the Color Ink.

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Amazon Releasing an Alexa-Enabled Sticky Note Printer

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As one of its first Amazon Day 1 Edition products (an initiative where Amazon introduces new conceptual products and if they meet their pre-order goal by a certain date, Amazon will manufacture them), the company is releasing the $90 Smart Sticky Note Printer (affiliate link). The unit is an Alexa-compatible inkless printer that can print sticky note to-do lists, reminders, recipes, shopping lists, and even sudoku puzzles.

That’s cool, but do you know what turns any piece of printed paper into a sticky note? A little wad of chewing gum. That’s what I’ve been doing for years and it’s been working out just – wait, where’s my grocery list? Oh please don’t be on my shoe again.

Do you think 3M is worried about their Post-It Note brand now that Amazon is trying to get into the sticky note market? Because I would be. I’d also send a spy to infiltrate the company and learn their secrets, and that’s why I’m not allowed to run businesses anymore.

My wife informed me she’s added the printer to her Amazon cart, so I guess we’re getting one. And when I catch her telling Alexa to add ‘sticky note printer paper’ to her sticky note shopping list, I’ll know this technology has finally reached its logical conclusion.

Polaroid’s new pocket-printer prints waterproof images that you can stick on walls & lockers!

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Your smartphone clicks the most amazing pictures of a device its size… now Polaroid’s smartphone-sized printer can realize them in full color, while also ensuring they’re waterproof. The Polaroid Hi-Print is the company’s latest pocket printer, and its first dye-sublimation printer – a technology that allows you to get better, clearer, more professional looking prints than most standard Zero-Ink pocket printers out there.

The Polaroid Hi-Print uses the dye-sublimation process to create vivid, fade-proof prints, with all-in-one ink+paper cartridges. It then uses heat to ‘seal’ the inks, creating a print that’s waterproof too (all this happens in under a minute). Just feed your image into the Hi-Print and out slides a printed sheet once it’s ready. The Hi-Print’s cartridges last for 20 prints, and the paper even comes with a peel-off layer at the back that reveals an adhesive side, allowing you to stick your prints anywhere.

The Hi-Print allows for truly photo-quality prints, with edge-to-edge printing. It gives you the freedom to choose, edit, and finalize photos before you print them, deviating from the ‘in-the-moment’ nature of Polaroid’s cameras, and even giving you the freedom to print images you couldn’t before like notes or screenshots. Plus with its wireless nature and compact design, you can carry your professional studio in your pockets, clicking with one device and printing out the other!

Designer: Polaroid

The palm-size PrintPods can print on materials your desktop printer doesn’t even dream of

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The magic in the PrintPods lies in the fact that it’s smaller than a can of spray paint but holds technology within it that makes it much more versatile. Designed to print in a variety of permanent, skin-friendly, and even invisible inks, the PrintPods is a ridiculously small handheld printer that you can wave over objects to print directly onto them.

The PrintPods is a ridiculously small printer (it’s roughly the size of two AirPods cases stacked one above another) that lets you print over a variety of materials ranging from paper to cloth, metal, ceramic, and even wood. Fitted with a swappable cartridge system, the PrintPods can print in permanent ink, allowing you to customize objects, monogram your T-Shirts, or print out messages on paper with permanent, waterproof ink. The cartridge within the PrintPods can even be swapped out for other types of inks, including hypoallergenic, skin-friendly inks that can be directly used on your hands to create non-permanent tattoos or print logos of your favorite team during a game, as well as invisible ink cartridges that allow you to print messages out on objects that are only visible under a UV light. While that’s mostly a fun feature, the true value of the PrintPods is in being able to rapidly customize objects, allowing you to personalize products with your brand logo, or quickly leave contact details or business addresses on boxes with its permanent, waterproof, blot-proof ink… stuff that a regular printer wouldn’t be able to handle so easily.

The compact PrintPods printer runs in tandem with an app (supported on both iOS as well as Android). Its unique architecture allows you to print with the height of 1-inch in a single motion, allowing you to customize tee-shirts, laptops, notebooks, smartphone cases, and a wide variety of items with a single swipe that allows the printer to print in its permanent ink. The printer works based on the motion of your hands, and a tiny wheel on the base of the PrintPods helps guide your motion in a single direction, while also helping the gadget print as you move it along a line. The hand-held device prints equally well on rough, textured, as well as curved surfaces, and its internal battery lasts as many as 1000 prints before needing to be charged. Individual ink cartridges are designed to last too, averaging out at roughly 3500 prints per cartridge. For now, it seems that the PrintPods only handle printing on a single axis (you can’t print out large images in multiple lines/passes one below another), but that’s not really what the PrintPods was designed for. The handheld printer is perfect, however, for quickly customizing/personalizing items with logos, graphics, or single-line messages. Not to mention it’s the only portable printer we’ve seen that can also work with invisible ink!

Designer: EVEBOT Team

Click Here to Buy Now: $109 $200 (45% off). Hurry, only 5/540 left! Raised over $145,000.

PrintPods – Handheld Printer that Prints on all Surfaces

The PrintPods is a handheld printer with multiple ink options (non-removable, skin-friendly or invisible) that accurately prints on any material or surface.

Non-removable Ink

Create low-cost custom logos in small batches, glide easily over documents, products, or any object that requires durable, non-removable markings.

Skin-friendly Ink

Skin-friendly ink is 100% safe, non-corrosive, water-soluble, and non-irritating. Have fun with friends and print temporary tattoos or put your favorite design, team logo, or brand on your skin for events, parties, or family fun.

Invisible Ink

Create unique surprises and creative gifts. Using invisible ink, print your message or love note just for that special someone. Keep it a secret until viewed with UV light for a surprise.

Switch Ink Types in Seconds

PrintPods allows you to do it all with ultra quick-switch ink types.

Connects in Seconds

1 sec connect and print! Simple and fast.

User-friendly App

Intuitive and user-friendly app interface makes your printing much smoother and easier. Download PrintPods app, connect to Wi-Fi, upload image or DIY, click “print” and done. Compatible with IOS and Android.

Hundreds of In-app Patterns

PrintPods sparks all your desire for creative ideas with hundreds of unique in-app patterns.

Single Catridge = 3500 Continous Prints

With just one single cartridge, you can effortlessly continuously print over 3500 times.

Single Print = $0.01

Low cost performance, fewer choices… PrintPods could your best piggy bank with super powerful printing functions. Every single print just costs you $0.01.

Click Here to Buy Now: $109 $200 (45% off). Hurry, only 5/540 left! Raised over $145,000.

The PrintPod Is a Handheld Printer That Can Print on Almost Anything

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Normally, printers are designed to print on flat sheets of paper. But this ingenious little gadget can print on smooth, curved, or bumpy surfaces, and all kinds of materials, including wood, metal, fabric, rocks, or even your skin.

Created by Evebot, the PrintPod is a rechargeable, battery-powered handheld printer that outputs designs in 1″ strips as you move it across just about any surface. It works in concert with a mobile application that wirelessly sends designs to the printhead, which automatically dispenses ink as you move it across your print surface.

There are three different kinds of ink available for the PrintPod, including a permanent black ink that sticks to just about everything, a skin-friendly, washable ink (in blue, red, or black) that works for temporary tattoos, and an invisible ink that only appears under UV light. I’m hoping they come up with more colors for the permanent ink, as that’s where I think this thing really has the most utility – printing on unusual surfaces.

Connecting to the printer is fast – it starts up in less than one second, and you can output as many as 1000 images with just one charge. Each ink cartridge can output the equivalent of 1200 A4 pages of images.

The makers of the PrintPod are currently raising funds for its production over on Kickstarter, where a pledge of at least $109 will secure you one of the machines if you get in on the Super Early Bird round. Initial deliveries are expected to start in October 2020.