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I believe that it is more technically correct to describe how GIK fits together as "press-fit" rather than "snap-fit" Snap-fit uses a configuration that takes advantage of strain which, once the stress is relieved, goes away and allows components to lock together mechanically. Press-fit relies on friction, and is much more descriptive of the GIKs here. ymalaika --69.228.174.153 00:27, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. It is press fit.

3D printing

GIK parts can be used as elementary parts for 3D printing. Imagine a machine able to build object by assembling together smaller-than-visible-with-naked-eye parts . Assume these parts can be different materials. We will be able to print a variety of objects , very much like in Science Fiction movies or as imagined by Nanoscience Scientists : Universal assembler. The advantages of GIK over other techniques are it's proven feasibility, the vast material set that can be used and the reversibility of the construction.

Sorry. Nanotechnology proper refers to "machines on the molecular scale (nanometer) designed and built atom-by-atom". GIK is Interesting Technology Along the Way (ITAW), not nanotechnology. It is also good to distinguish technology from science.

Wikkrockiana (talk) 18:31, 29 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]