
3D printing has come a long way in the past decade or so. When my middle school got its first 3D printer around 2013, I remember how careful we were instructed to be with anything we made using it. We could hardly make anything sizable or structurally sound with it, due to the limitations of our equipment and I didn't see the potential in it then that I see now.
As I write this, I'm sitting in the Autonomous Ergochair Ultra, a chair made with 3D-printed components that can hold my entire weight. On top of that, these carefully engineered parts provide one of the most sustainably comfortable perches I've had in my office in years.