HISTORY

* Developed with a grant from NASA by Advanced Ceramics Research in Tucson, AZ

* Enables one to quickly and cheaply produce prototype parts.

* Stratasys Inc. holds the patent on the process

*They have found ways to significantly reduce the size of the model machines to fit in offices, etc.

* The Model used at CMU is the "Genisys 3D printer" (Summer 1998) (See Below)