3D Printing Open Survey

Hi everyone! I am a huge 3d printing enthusiast from Poland (Europe).
I run personalfactory.tumblr.com - news aggregator/blog concerning 3d printing, fablabs, open-source hardware and related.

If you have some spare time please fill in my 3D Printing Open Survey - If you could make almost anything, what would it be ?
Updated results are publicly available after completing questionnaire
(Please press "Wyślij" - Send button and "Wyniki ankiety" - Results button at the end).

This survey will be used to evaluate demand for 3d printing services globally. It consist of 30 questions about:
- open-source 3d printers
- future of additive manufacturing
- 3d printing services
- ecology in 3d printing
- copyright issues and 3d printing

Three example questions:

2. Which of the following 3d printing applications is the most interesting? *
- Things personalization
- Printing food
- Attempts to print structures resembles in functioning living tissues or blood vessels
- Creating impossible or difficult to create by using conventional technology things
- Printing rooms or buildings on earth/moon
- Printing chemical compounds (for example drugs)
- Using in renewable energy sources
- Printing parts and/or mechanical vehicles

3 . Have you ever heard about cheap DIY 3D Printers (for example RepRap, PrintrBot, MakiBox A6) ? *
DIY - Do It Yourself
- Yes
- No

4 . When 3D Printers will become one of the typical household appliances ? *
- After 5 years
- After 10 years
- After 15 years
- After 20 years or later
- Never
- I don't know

Feel free to ask questions!

Interesting survey I completed it for you

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Experimenting in 3D in New Zealand

Big thanks! I won't forget to notify you guys and gals about the final results analysis and discussion.
Kudos go to @NelsonRap

I have no idea what those levels mean, I suppose only northern american people (and maybe brits) can understand it. Is there a way to relate those to time spent in school in years ?

29. What is your education level ? *
Incomplete elementary school
Elementary school/middle school
High school/post-high school
Bachelor's Degree
Master’s Degree or higher

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Most of my technical comments should be correct, but is THIS one ?
Anyway, as a rule of thumb, always double check what people write.

Just completed it but wasn't entirely sure what you meant by "Gutenbergs invention", did you mean his printing press?
Interesting to note the gender bias is almost all male but unless you are also running this survey on other forums everyone who participates is going to know about 3D printing so a lot of the questions are a bit unecessary. Still interesting questions about the future of 3D printing and materials.

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Richmond, New Zealand
Thingiverse ~ YouTube

DeuxVis Wrote:
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> I have no idea what those levels mean, I suppose
> only northern american people (and maybe brits)
> can understand it. Is there a way to relate those
> to time spent in school in years ?
>
> 29. What is your education level ? *
> Incomplete elementary school
> Elementary school/middle school
> High school/post-high school
> Bachelor's Degree
> Master’s Degree or higher

Only partially yes but it is related to achieved academic diplomas. From wikipedia:

"An academic degree is a college or university diploma, often associated with a title and sometimes associated with an academic position, which is usually awarded in recognition of the recipient having either satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of study or having conducted a scholarly endeavour deemed worthy of his or her admission to the degree. The most common degrees awarded today are associate's, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees."

Wired1 Wrote:
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> Just completed it but wasn't entirely sure what
> you meant by "Gutenbergs invention", did you mean
> his printing press?

Yes.

> Still interesting
> questions about the future of 3D printing and
> materials.

Thanks !

Completed the survey, but you need to sort out the educational level, In the UK we don't get enough options either.

Some good questions, let us know the results.

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[richrap.blogspot.com]

Just completed the survey. insightful results.