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Figure 8.7
3D printer cluster at Aleph Objects, Inc.
Using 3D printers also gives you the ability for you to make incremental or version
changes in your product at very little cost. Simply make the changes to your 3D model
and push the new files to your cluster. In a single day, you could make a quick correction
or revision to your product.
Summary
Run free and make! 3D printing is widely covered in the media as a new technology that is
now changing, and is poised to further change, the world. This fact cannot be denied when
you consider some of the development being done in the prosthetics and medical fields
with 3D printing. Although these developments are telling in regard to the possibilities of
3D printers, do not let them dictate what can be made in your kitchen, office, friend's gar-
age, research lab, hackerspace, or classroom.
Their broader availability explains why 3D printers are popular. Due to the freedom
created by open source hardware, this technology is now finally real to many who would
