3D Printing in 3 Dimensions

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so... did anyone review the patent?

this process doesn't seem all that valuable to me unless you can skip printing the supports. here's my million dollar idea - an end stop block kit. you could have a variety of precisely measured supports with an end stop button built in, or even a lego set with electronic blocks so you don't need to tell the slicer the shape of you support. you just build it and the smart blocks upload their configuration to your slicer. you could even use baloons to create curves, ball joint sockets etc, and the slicer could calculate their shape based on the mmhg in the baloon.

after you build the support, the printer could calibrate itself by repeatedly tapping the end stop until it can identify the position of your supports.

now if some one makes it can i have the patent?