3D Printng of Hair

3D Printing Hair is as Easy as Using a Hot Glue Gun (+Video)

Andrew Tarantola | October 29, 2015

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have devised an ingenious method for creating lifelike hair fibers the only requires a common, inexpensive fused deposition modeling (FDM) printer. The technique is surprisingly simple: the printer squeezes out a small dollop of molten plastic and then pulls away, stretching the material into a long strand -- much like the sticky strings that hot glue guns leave behind.

Source: http://www.gierad.com/projects/furbrication/

<more at http://www.engadget.com/2015/10/29/3d-printing-hair-is-as-easy-as-using-a-hot-glue-gun/; related links: http://www.gierad.com/projects/furbrication/ (3D Printed Hair: Fused Deposition Modeling of Soft Strands, Fibers, and Bristles. Gierad Laput, Xiang 'Anthony' Chen, Chris Harrison (To Appear at UIST 2015). 2015) and http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printed-hair/40134/ (Scientists use 3D printer to create synthetic hair. October 29, 2015)>