Reichert: 3D printing creates stronger, lighter geometries impossible with traditional manufacturing
Tom Reichert · a16z Podcast | The Next Phase of 3D Printing · Jan 2, 2019 · at 1:23
Tom Rikert, investing partner at a16z, outlines how 3D printing overcomes traditional physical manufacturing limits regarding structural complexity and weight.
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“Yeah, and I think one thing that's very unique about three D printing is that you can print the simplest objects to the most complex objects. It's all the same to the three D printing system. So you can print things that before could never have been manufactured with traditional techniques, and they're stronger and lighter, and in some cases more beautiful than they could have been done in a traditional setting.”
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