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摘要

We get a lot of press releases about new research and products. But one recent missive caught our attention. It got us thinking about how handguns created by a 3-D printer could be used as a type of phantom gun, to evadetraditional criminal investigations. We knew just the person to check it out:intern Carolyn Wilke. Wilke recently graduated from Northwestern University in Evanston, 111.,with a Ph.D. in environmental engineering. She knew that 3-D printing has thepotential to make all kinds of manufacturing, from medical devices to food,cheaper and more accessible.