{"id":349841,"date":"2025-12-15T15:59:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/349841\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T15:59:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:59:17","slug":"a-3d-printed-typewriter-that-uses-an-ibm-selectric-golf-ball-to-type-images-instead-of-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/349841\/","title":{"rendered":"A 3D Printed Typewriter That Uses an IBM Selectric &#8216;Golf Ball&#8217; To Type Images Instead of Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/UnnecessaryAutomation\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">Unnecessary Automation<\/a> used a classic <a href=\"https:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/?s=IBM+Selectric\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">IBM Selectric \u201cgolf ball\u201d<\/a> to build a unique 3D printed, computer-controlled typewriter that automatically prints images instead of words. He also used servos and stepper motors for power and precise character placement, along with custom code to ensure the images are rendered as intended.<\/p>\n<p>A 3d printable computer controlled typewriter using the IBM Selectric type ball!<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomscott.com\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener nofollow\">Tom Scott<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Unnecessary Automation used a classic IBM Selectric \u201cgolf ball\u201d to build a unique 3D printed, computer-controlled typewriter that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-349841","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=349841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}