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(A) Something amazing/beautiful:

This item on thingiverse.com struck me as being quite amazing. It is a snap together robotic hand originally designed for people who have disabled or impaired hands. This design can give a whole new level of freedom to people who require prosthetics. These kinds of designs would allow people to print their own parts and modify them to what fits them best. None of that freedom would be possible without 3D printing.

(B) Something funny or strange

3D printed toilet parts seems like an odd application for this kind of technology. However, this goes to show that some day people may possibly use 3D printing to assist with common household jobs/repairs.

(C) Something useless

These Star Wars themed cuff links seem rather useless to me. I can not think of too many occasions where someone would require formal attire and want to show off Star Wars figures at the same time. 3D printed metal cuff links seem like a good idea however.

(D) Something useful

This grocery bag holder strikes me as being particularly useful. This item looks like a compact/portable design that is fairly simple to print. the design could also be easily modified to add more hooks to carry more bags at once.

(E) Something which surprised you

This flexable junction surprised me because of the properties of the material that are being used to make it. I have always thought of 3D printed objects as being rigidly structured that will crack/break when under load. The fact that this object is flexable means that there is potential to design parts that can flex when placed under stress.