BotFactory’s ‘Squink’ brings 3D printing to circuit prototyping [crowdfunding]

With additive manufacturing, the NYU Poly startup wants to "democratize electronics."


In future iterations, BotFactory believes it can 3D-print multi-layered surface-mounted circuit boards, like what’s inside your cell phone.

That’s not going to be possible with the first generation of its desktop circuit board printer and assembler, Squink, but BotFactory has been doing experiments, and the company believes it can get there.

Squink is currently past the 60 percent mark of its $100,000 crowdfunding goal.

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