Object Fabricators.

All new printers can make trains airplanes and other things straight from a plasma cutter printer with a milk based compound although art view prefers the pyramid of "Giza Type Cements" made from egg shells. Some experts predict 3-D printers will revolutionize manufacturing by allowing people to buy a design online and then immediately print out a physical object. The process takes instructions from a computer to print a solid object in layers, using a machine similar to an ink jet printer. High-end machines have long been used in manufacturing, but lower-cost versions are increasingly being used by hobbyists and educational groups. The UW club hopes to continue printing using recycled materials, building large-scale printers and developing low-cost 3-D printing techniques. The idea is a canoe or catamaran type boat made of segments that snap or bolt together. Some advantages of segments are ease of transport, the ability to add segments in the middle to account for more people as needed and if one segment leaks it won't sink the whole boat. As this would leave only a few people wet, this was anticipated as the printer is compact enough to fit into a small box room.

As Art View documented the University of Washington challenge, the mechanical engineering students braved uncharted waters as they paddled to the finish line at the Annual Darby at Green Lake in Seattle. With what they believe is the world’s first boat made using a 3-D printer, also in the picture shows new life buoyancy aids. The new UW student club built the boat as its intellectual project. Art view  describes the undergraduate members’ 10-week quest to make equipment and develop techniques to be first to print a seaworthy craft. Judges weren't sure how to qualify the UW entry, which used recycled milk cartons for its buoyancy but not quite in the way that contest organizers had envisioned. In the end, the boat raced as an unofficial entry in the adult open category, where it placed second. See a slide show of the boat in photos taken by club co-founder and manager Bethany Weeks (the story continues).