A 3D-Printed Squeezable Ping-Pong Ball That Won’t Dent

Even if you ’ve pay off the mesa , some choice paddle , and enough room to play , a secret plan of ping - pong can still be unwrap if you ca n’t find a tiny charge card ball that is n’t dent . mesa lawn tennis glob are notoriously well-off to damage , rendering them useless to play with , which is what inspiredPhilipp Güntherto create the nearly undestroyable three-D - printed AirBall .

sit in 3-D and then printed in plastic , the AirBall ’s delicate lattice - employment structure make it come out frail and easy to damage , but it ’s made from a tough material that defend its flesh , even after being flattened . So you could carry it around in the tightest of jean pocket , and still be able-bodied to pong as before long as you fished it out .

However , since the impression physical process is so important here — after all , the ball have to be perfectly orbicular to fiddle with — Günther is in reality selling them through a crowdfunding website rather of simply releasing the 3D plans . At $ 27 for a three - mob the AirBalls are lewdly expensive compare to even old ping - niff globe , but , at least in theory , they should last forever . Unless an unforseen bit of dog turn them into shred plastic . [ Cut&Pastevia3ders ]