User:Steven Crump

Senior at Penn State studying Mechanical Engineering. Excited to further my interest in 3D printing and look forward to working with fellow students in section 1 to create a solid top notch printer.

Blog 1:

Useful: "Hose Clamp" Simple yet very useful.

Artistic: "Mario" Life is good when you know you can print your very own Mario.

Pointless: "Automation Hand" Looks like a lot of work to make fingers tap on a table in my opinion.

Funny: "How would you feel if someone just turned you on and left" I don't think my mother will be putting up to many of these any time soon.

Weird: "Inverse Colbert" Something just isn't right here.

I have been on THINGIVERSE for a total of one day now and am already looking on Craigslist for 3D printer kits.

Blog 2:

1. I think a goal of a 'self replicating universal constructor' is not quite feasible yet or else they would already exist. With the current RepRap printers the idea is getting closer but it is still not quite there. I think more advanced software and robotic engineering need to be improved and implemented before his goal can be reached.

2. The phrase wealth without money means that you can still gain a wealthy style without actually having a ton of money. I agree with the phrase to an extent. I think so future implications or problem this could have is a huge rise in unemployment. If everyone had these self sufficient machines then no one would need to buy anything. Some possibilities could be non wealthy people creating and printing things that only wealthy people have.

3. Reprap projects have come a long way since 2007 so it is mind boggling to think where they would be in the future. I can definitely see an improvement in accuracy. They already have "High resolution" printers, but down the road I can see the technology improving ever more. Another improvement that is very possible is software. They are always coming out with new software and software upgrades all the time. Hopefully down the road printers will be able to print a part in 5 minutes where now it takes 2 hours.