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3D printing 三维压制 A third-world dimension 第三世界的发展空间 A new manufacturing technique could help poorcountries as well as rich ones 一项新的制造技术能够对贫困国家有所帮助，就像对那些富有国家的帮助一样。 EVERY summer, Seattle holds a raft race in Green Lake, a park that is the eponymous homeof the water the rafts must cross. 每年夏天，西雅图都会在绿湖举行一场木筏比赛，参加比赛的木筏必须渡过这个湖，这里的公园因其湖水而闻名。 Entries for the Milk Carton Derby have to be made from old plastic milk bottles. 参加这场同城牛奶盒比赛的木筏必须是由旧的塑料牛奶盒制成。 The result is a wonderfully Heath-Robinsoncollection of improvised craft. 结果，你就会看到一场奇妙的希思-鲁宾逊简易工艺展。 But this year one stood out: the entry from the University of Washington s engineeringdepartment actually looked like a boat. 但是今年，有一个参赛的木筏特别引人注目：这个木筏是华盛顿大学工程系做的，看起来真的像一只船。 The students who built it, Matthew Rogge, Bethany Weeks and Brandon Bowman, hadshredded and melted their bottles, and then used a 3D printer to print themselves a plasticvessel. | 
