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Annotation Thoughts
In recent years, 3d These advances in
printing has become technology will cause 3d
much more efficient and printers to become an
practical through important part of
technological advances. manufacturing. Since
Several companies are certain companies are
beginning to use printers already using printers,
to help create their others will see their
product. The printers are success and start to use
becoming faster so mass them as well. I think that
production of objects is printers that are
becoming possible. specialized in metal
Printers are also printing will revolutionize
becoming more efficient industry because small
with printing in metal. parts can be difficult to
produce through
conventional machining.
By using 3d printers,
these parts can be
produced quickly.
Scientists are currently While I am not interested
using 3d printer in pursuing the medical
technology to make aspect of 3d printing, I am
innovations in the medical intrigued by the
world. They are using cell possibilities. Organ donors
tissue to print organs. may no longer be needed.
This is still in the Patients do not need to be
prototyping phase but 3d on a long waitlist to
printed organs may receive an organ.
become useful later.
Surgical tools can also be
printed to reduce surgery
cost. Skin can be printed
to use in grafts or can be
printed directly onto
existing skin.
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Grayson Ward
3d printing will It is very likely that the military
revolutionize the military that we see in a few decades
as well as the medical will be as unrecognizable to us
now as todays military would
field. Most parts of
military vehicles are made be to the military from the
by civilian manufactures. Revolutionary War. This quote
With new technology, the grabbed my attention because
military will not have to of how rapidly this new
technology is evolving. It is
wait for replacement parts
very likely that the military will
because they can create
use this new technology to
their own. Also,
create powerful new weapon
manufacturing plants will and defense systems.
not need specialized
machines if 3d printers
are implemented because
they can manufacture
almost anything.
Monoprice is a company Monoprice is a perfect
that makes technology example of a company
more affordable. They do that is embracing the
this by eliminating the technological advances of
middle man. They started 3D printing. They were
by producing cables and able to simplify the
then began to create process enough to be able
more advanced products. to sell these 3D printers
Now, Monoprice has the for $200.
top selling 3D printer.
This paper was written as This paper was a pain to
a study on how 3d read and gave me almost
printing will affect the no information about 3d
business market. It printing itself. However, it
analyzes trends to predict did reinforce the idea that
the future of 3d printing businesses are preparing
as an industrial process. for a major change in the
The paper was written by market when 3d printing
a PhD student and a becomes advanced
professor both in enough to be used in large
technological scale manufacturing.
management.
This article is about This article seems to be
creating new ways to more geared towards
print supports for software engineers. There
overhangs in the printing were many mathematical
process. They discuss formulas that I could not
many different solutions understand. I probably
to the problem regarding wont be using this for my
the wasteful types of project but it was
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supports used in current interesting. It is also an

slicing software. They example of how 3d
also show examples of printing is advancing.
how much material would
be saved using the new
software compared to
current software.