Engineers produce first 3D printed consumer electronic
Cornell University researchers have 3D printed a working loudspeaker, integrating the plastic, conductive and magnetic parts, and ready for use almost as soon as it comes out of the printer.
The loudspeaker is a project led by Apoorva Kiran and Robert MacCurdy, graduate students in mechanical engineering, who work with Hod Lipson, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and 3D printing innovator.
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