14 years old boy from Greece creates his own 3D printer

This week I will talk about another impressive achievement of a 14 years old boy, from Kavala, a small town in the North of Greece.

At the age of 11, Dimitri accorded many of his time on studying robotics. He got some hands-on experience and three years later he succeed to build his first 3D printer. The project itself took him one year in order to gather information, to study them, and then to draw and build it. He drew and created each part of the machine. As a beginning he created a 3D printer for domestically purposes.

He fell into this technology quite accidentally, as he actually wanted to create a bionic hand. Therefore he found that he could build this hand by creating a 3D printer for a very affordable price,

and thus without making big expenses. The materials he used to build the printer had a cost of on overall price of 500 €. For the moment he prints using polymer materials.

He participated in a festival of Industrial Information Technology in his town where he received the 2^nd prize.  This little scientist has shown that persistence and patience and an incredible will can lead you very far.

Sources: http://gr.euronews.com/2014/10/20/dimitris-xatzis-14xronos-ellinas-eftiakse-ton-diko-tou-oikiako-ektypwti-3d/