Taking his digital information into the real-world, [Davide Gironi] has built his own note transcriber from a point-of-sale receipt printer and an ESP8266. You’ve seen these receipt printers … ...

Now that [lhartmann] has got an ESP8266 controlling the motors of a 3D printer, that’s one more item to check off the list. What’s coolest about this project is the way that [lhartmann] does it.

North Carolina State University researchers have developed a method for having 2D patterns made of plastic self-assemble into 3D objects using a heat lamp and printer ink.