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THE IDEA DESK · CREW COUNTRY

Invent your own toy

Tell Norman, the Lab’s own computer, an idea. In about a minute it becomes a 3D toy you can spin and paint. Then a grown-up can have it printed at the Printer Ranch in Austin.

Free to design$19 to print

The Imaginator
Tex, the Lab robot

Howdy! I’m Tex. What are we making today?

How it works

  1. You imagine itType it, say it, snap a drawing, or pick a crew member to change.
  2. Norman draws itThe Lab’s own computers in Austin turn the idea into a 3D model you can spin and paint with the colours the printers have loaded.
  3. The Printer Ranch prints itA grown-up orders it for $19. Joseph checks the design, and one of our printers makes it layer by layer.

Designing is free and needs no account. The 3D model is made by AI on the Lab’s computers, so each design is a picture of an idea until it is printed. Ideas are checked before anything is drawn, and photos are never kept. The Imaginator runs in the United States and some other countries. Data & AI · Privacy · Safety · Just want a simple name keychain?