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  1. improve resolution (atomic)
    1. higher temperatures
    2. lower temperatures
  2. reduce parts of the printer
    1. freeze the extruder
    2. heat all the filament at once and pour it into the extruder
  3. make it easier to use (McDonald's screen)
    1. touch screen Arduino
    2. design the print using a touch screen and a pen
  4. make it easier to maintain (none, unbreakable, self healing)
    1. filament would be less brittle because it would stay melted in a block, so it would be harder to break
  5. reduce waste (zero)
    1. make the printer out of reclaimed wood
    2. make the printer out of recycled electronics
  6. use less energy (zero or ambient)
    1. solar power
    2. hydro power
  7. quieter printing (soundless)
    1. include sound proof headphones with the printer so the person printing does not have to hear anything
    2. make a door to the front of the printer that has soundproof technology so closing the door would create a sound proof seal, and a camera can be filming it from inside to see the print
  8. ubiquitous printing (everywhere)
    1. create a teleportation device that sends prints to anywhere
  9. print smaller (nanoscale)
    1. shrink the printer using a shrink ray that will exist soon
  10. print bigger (apartment complex, Great Wall of China, planet?)
    1. the pouring of the filament makes the melted filament form to the size of the big extruder, so it could be as big as we want
  11. enable real-time feedback
    1. install a camera on the printer that can connect to the internet and creates a livestream so people can give feedback as it prints
  12. make it safer (infant approved)
    1. put a child lock on the printer
    2. create a infant-based learning system for babies to learn about 3D printing so they won't hurt themselves
  13. make is smell good (designer imposters?)
    1. add an air freshener to the printer that makes the spinning of motors smell good
    2. add fragrance to filament so when it melts, it smells good
  14. make it from current waste products (CO2, flyash, spent fuel rods?)
    1. burning trash to produce fuel that powers a battery
  15. enable ongoing printing without people
    1. use a figure of a boxer with a huge punching glove to punch print off once print finishes
    2. ejecting print bed that propels the print off of the bed
    3. use a "claw game" type claw to pick up the print when the print finishes
    4. two boots that kick the print until it flies off
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Authors Alex W, Robert Butler
License CC-BY-SA-3.0
Language English (en)
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Created April 24, 2017 by Robert Butler
Modified February 6, 2023 by Felipe Schenone
Cite as Alex W, Robert Butler (2017–2023). "Jellybox improvement based on 35. Transforming physical or chemical states". Appropedia. Retrieved April 25, 2024.
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