This is agreat book to show just how far technology has come. We copied nature… wasp nests are the first 3D print job. The seven chapters include inventing 3D printing, how it works, 3D printing and tradtional manufacturing, 3D printing our health, 3D printing our world, 3D printing our future, and disrupting and democartizing manufacturing. There is a timeline, source notes, glossary, selelcted bibliograpgy, further information, and an index.  Some cool things that can be printed are artifical limb sockets, toddler hearts so doctors can practice surgery before the real operations, used in dentistry,  the Chefjet 3D printer can make candy and other food, and clothes.

Reviewed by Jeri Fitzpatrick, GNG Middle School, Gray