By Lynne Klaft, News-Telegram
A prediction for the near future: We will all have a desktop 3-D “printer” in our homes and be able to create parts for our cars, computer widgets, and toaster knobs, according to Mark A. Leonard at the 10th annual MassTec conference Friday at Fitchburg State University. “Well within our lifetime we will all have a 3-D printer in our homes, go online, download a plan, feed it to the printer and make a new part for something we have broken; the technology is advancing that fast,” Mr. Leonard said. The former Technology and Engineering teacher demonstrated his company’s version of a desktop 3-D printer to a roomful of middle and high school TechEng teachers, showing them the possibilities of what they could accomplish in their classrooms.
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