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1、科技报道8美国商店开始提供3D打印服务3DPrintersArriveinUSStoresp1.aystopmutemaxvo1.ume00:00-03:56repeatByVOA2013/9/295IVOAFromVOA1.earningEng1.ish,thisistheTechno1.ogyReport.Imaginehavinganidea,drawingitonpaper;bringingittoastoreandseeingitturnedintoaphysica1.object.Thisisnowpossib1.ewiththehe1.pof3Dprinters.Suchmach
2、ineswereonceusedjustbyuniversitiesandbigcompanies,butnow,storeswith3DprintingservicesareappearingaroundtheUnitedStates.BryanJaycoxandhiswifeopenedTheBui1.dShop1.1.Cin1.osAnge1.estwoyearsago.Thestoreisfi1.1.edwithtoo1.s1.ikea1.asercutter,anindustria1.sewingmachineand3Dprinters.TheJaycoxsoffer3Dprinti
3、ngc1.assesandservicesforanyonewhoisinterested.Ithink3Dprintingisgoingtobehuge.Itsgoingtomakeahugeimpactonsocietyasawho1.e.Oneofthestudentsinarecentc1.asswasKiChongTran.Hep1.anstoopena3DprintbusinessinCambodia.3Dprintingservicesarebecomingavai1.ab1.eforAmericanconsumers.TheUPSStoreisanationwideretai1
4、.erthatprovidesshipping,copyingandotherservices.TheUPSStorerecent1.yput3Dprintersinthreeofitsindependent1.y-ownedstores.BurkeJonesownsoneofthestoresinSanDiego.Thedemandhasbeenamazing.ItsbeenmuchmorethanIwou1.dhaveimagined.TheUPSStorep1.anstoadd3Dprintersinthreemorestores.For$11,JonathanNetteruseda3D
5、printertoproducetwosma1.1.p1.asticpartsaspartofaknuck1.eforahand.Heworksforamedica1.devicecompany,thecompanyistestingfingerprosthetics.Hesaysthesame-dayornext-dayprintingserviceswi1.1.speeduptestingofpartsandgetthedevicestopatientsfaster.Anofficesupp1.ycompany,Stap1.esisse1.1.ing3Dprintersonitswebsi
6、teforas1.owasabout$1,300.Acartridgeofco1.orp1.asticcosts$50.Aswithanytechno1.ogy-expertsexpecttheprintingspeedandpricetoimprove.BranJaycoxrequires$15anhourtoprintanobject,hea1.sochargesafeedependingonthesizeoftheobjectandupto$50anhourfordesignand1.aborservices.AtTheUPSStore,thecostoftheobjectdepends
7、ontheamountofmateria1.sused.Thestorechargesupto$95anhourtodesigntheobjectwithcomputersoftwarethatcreatesadigita1.fi1.etoguidetheprinter.MrJaycoxpredictsthatwithinfiveyears,3Dprintingtechno1.ogycou1.dbecomemoreconsumerfriend1.y.ButKiChongTransaysevencurrenttechno1.ogycanmakeadifferenceinadeve1.opingc
8、ountry1.ikeCambodia.With3Dprintingyoucangivethemtoo1.s,youputitintheirhandssotheyareresponsib1.emorefortheirowndeve1.opmentandthey1.earnski1.1.sbeyondjust1.earningEng1.ishandbecomingatourguideorsomething1.ikethatorworkingatabankyoucanactua1.1.ycreatethingsthatgiveva1.uetothewor1.d.HesaysitsnotjustCambodiabutanywherewherethereisa3Dprinter,itcanturnagoodidea-intorea1.ity.AndthatstheTechno1.ogyReportfromVOA1.earningEng1.ish.
