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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has developed four levels to describe the degree of automation in vehicles. “The NHTSA levels reflect the belief that automated systems will progressively assume more and more driving tasks until all are done by automation and none are left in the hands of drivers”(Casner, Hutchins, and Norman 76) The first few levels are ones that many of us have already grown accustomed to. They include anti-lock brakes, cruise control, highway pilot, and traffic jam pilot capabilities. The next two levels are where the future of driving is headed. Level 3 is called limited self-driving automation. Cars in this level use automation for all driving functions for extended periods. While this level of driving is fully automated, the system will still call for the driver to take over as needed. Level 4 is full automation. “Once Level 4 has been achieved and fully accepted by the driving public, we expect cars will simply become transportation pods, without any manual controls at all except as a means of instructing the vehicle about the desired destination and giving instructions about the drive itself, much as one instructs a chauffeur driven car today.” (Casner, Hutchins, and Norman 76). It is only a matter of time before more car manufacturers shift their focus towards fully automated …show more content…
This will helps families as well as corporations save a lot of time and money as it gains presence and popularity. When taking your car in for repairs, you will no longer have to wait for parts to ship as they will have the ability to print them for you on the spot. Clothing and other merchandise will be able to be personalized, tailored and printed while you are at the store. 3D printing will play a huge role in the medical field in the future. “The University of Tokyo Hospital recently completed a small test project that created artificial bones using 3D printing...”( Karin web) It will also be used by plastic surgeons, as well as to create organic materials which could be used to replace defective body parts. We have only begun to scratch the surface of all the things that 3D printing could allow us to do in the