What desktop device enables a jewelry designer to manufacture one of a kind designer earstuds and pendants from a CAD file? What device helps the Smithsonian Museum to make hifidelity copies of sculptures to be lent to other museums? How can a highfidelity prototype of a complex mechanical component be created quickly? How can the creative ideas of an architect or designer be converted quickly, accurately and cheaply into a 3D model? What machine can print out human organs such as a blood vessel or a tooth?
The answer to all these questions is the 3D printer.
The answer to all these questions is the 3D printer.



