Once again another print media has emerged: Coffee Grinds! Yes, this one-of-a-kind specialized printer actually uses coffee grinds as its print media. It can also use tea dregs, according to the documentation. It was an entry into Core77’s Greener Gadgets Design Competition by Jeon Hwan Ju of Korea:
RITI Printer is a eco-friendly printer designed by a concept of a new ink system
Ok, before I go any farther, I have to admit this is in fact a 2D printer – not a 3D printer. We’ve seen all manner of complex, common and vile substances used as 3D print media, but not yet coffee grinds.
But one can imagine the possibilties if a 3D version did exist. A coffee cup – made out of coffee!
Via core77
Haha, yeah, it’s a joke. We’ve been seeing increasingly ridiculous materials being used as print media over the past year and this one was too hard to resist!
Sorry, that was kindof aggressive. But at least I… you know… care.
Except that this doesn’t even print 2d does it?
They might as well have made one that prints with fairy dust. Coffee grounds do not as yet make printer toner, and I’m suspecting they never will.
Have you seen that you actually have to move the ink cartridge backwards and forwards by hand? Ever considered how difficult or exhausting that will be?
It’s like The Onion has started entering green-gadget competitions. This is a joke.