3D Printing Helps Develop PERK Coffee Maker

New Mexico brothers Jakub and Lukas Svec are launching PERK, their automatic, Third Wave coffee maker built through 3D printing technology. The PERK Kickstarter campaign goes live today, and the brothers already have a leg up, since Lukas is a Kickstarter record-breaker, having raised over $800,000 a few years ago for his company Sansaire and its sous vide machine. Jakub Svec spent a year and a half working with 3D printers and components he bought on Amazon and eBay and went through a few different design iterations before he finally completed the innovative PERK coffee machine. Jakub used to work in nanotechnology R&D, and was spending his time at non-profit community work space MAKE Santa Fe, where members have access to tools like 3D printers, laser cutters, and soldering stations, workshops, and other resources to repair, make, and invent whatever they want. Jakub was attempting to solve the problem of brewing a good cup of coffee in low gravity environments. But once he introduced gravity to the PERK system, he realized that it solved all of the problems that arise with Third Wave coffee brewing. Read more at 3DPrint.com: http://3dprint.com/167920/kickstarter-3d-printed-perk/

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