The timeline of smartphone-powered 3D printers has been questionable. Famously, the low-cost ONO 3D printer —which raised $2 million through Kickstarter in 2016—has so far failed to deliver. Does that mean that smartphone 3D printing is over before it even began? Maybe not.

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Italian 3D printing company Lumi Industries has launched a new compact 3D printer which uses photosensitive liquid resin and the light from a smartphone screen. Unlike the ONO, however, the new product is not being released commercially. Rather, Lumi Industries is launching its new 3D printer—the LumiBee—as a free open source project.

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According to the company, Lumi Industries has been working on developing a portable 3D printer since its beginnings. Eventually, however, the company realized it was perhaps not feasible to develop a commercial product using smartphones as a light source. Instead of letting all its R&D go to waste, the company has decided to share […]

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