‘Print’ almost anything3-D printers allow people to build almost anything they can imagine — from toys to food, buildings to body parts
By Stephen Ornes / April 28, 2013
For Valentine’s Day this year, a Japanese company used a 3-D printer to produce chocolate copies of people’s faces. Credit: FabCafe/Think 3D/K’s Design Lab
Imagine having a printer hooked up to your computer that could make anything. Tired of your toothbrush? No problem. Print a new one. Want a chocolate treat? Print it. Need a new dress, new shoes or maybe just new cleats for soccer? Just choose a style and size. Then print, print and print some more.
And why stop there? You might print a fake dinosaur bone. You might also print out a life-size copy of your own head. You could print another printer for a friend. And if your printer was big enough, it could print out the body of a car or even a new house.
Skills:
Headers and footers, MLA guidelines for formatting term papers, find and replace text with formatting, add and edit citations, manage sources, Works Cited list
Guideline
- Paper and Margins
Print the term paper on standard, white, 8.5x11 in paper and set all four margins to 1 in.
- Spacing
Double-space all content including quotations and the bibliography.
- Font and font size
Use a legible font and font size such as Times New Roman and 12 pt.
- Sentence spacing
Leave only one space after a period and before the start of the next sentence.
- Paragraphs
Use the [Tab] key to indent the first line of each paragraph one-half inch from the left margin.
- Header
Include a header with your last name and a page number in the upper-right corner of each page.
- First page
Include each of the following on its own line in the upper-left corner page of the paper: your name, the professor's name, the course name and number, and the current date written in day, month, year format.
On a new line after the course information , center the title of the essay; italicize book titles such as Pride and Prejudice, but not underline or otherwise change the formatting.
Headers and footers, MLA guidelines for formatting term papers, find and replace text with formatting, add and edit citations, manage sources, Works Cited list
Guideline
- Paper and Margins
Print the term paper on standard, white, 8.5x11 in paper and set all four margins to 1 in.
- Spacing
Double-space all content including quotations and the bibliography.
- Font and font size
Use a legible font and font size such as Times New Roman and 12 pt.
- Sentence spacing
Leave only one space after a period and before the start of the next sentence.
- Paragraphs
Use the [Tab] key to indent the first line of each paragraph one-half inch from the left margin.
- Header
Include a header with your last name and a page number in the upper-right corner of each page.
- First page
Include each of the following on its own line in the upper-left corner page of the paper: your name, the professor's name, the course name and number, and the current date written in day, month, year format.
On a new line after the course information , center the title of the essay; italicize book titles such as Pride and Prejudice, but not underline or otherwise change the formatting.