▼This page is part of the 2017 Principia course ENGR242: 3-D Printing Technology

It's open edit now, so feel free to improve it.

1. improve resolution (atomic)
2. improve print speed (instantaneous)
3. enhance material availability (all)
4. reduce parts of the printer (1?)
5. reduce costs of printer (free)
6. reduce costs of materials (free)
7. make it easier to use (McDonald's screen)
8. make it easier to assemble (self)
9. make it easier to maintain (none, unbreakable, self healing)
10. make fully assembled products (anything - computer, car, smartphone, dinner)
11. use functional printing materials (e.g. electronics)
12. reduce waste (zero)
13. use less energy (zero or ambient)
14. quieter printing (soundless)
15. ubiquitous printing (everywhere)
16. print smaller (nanoscale)
17. print bigger (apartment complex, Great Wall of China, planet?)
18. enable auto calibration
19. enable auto leveling
20. enable auto monitoring
21. enable quality control
22. enable real-time feedback
23. make it safer (infant approved)
24. make is smell good (designer imposters?)
25. make it from current waste products (CO2, flyash, spent fuel rods?)

kai (talk)