# What processes can be drastically changed with new manufacturing tools and capabilities? * [[SpaceX]] did this for rockets * [[Ian Brooke]] is attempting to do this for airplanes * Using * Boats? * [[Airships]] ### Some potential new tools and processes * [[3D Printing]] * Especially metals/ceramics/structural materials * [[Computer Aided Design — CAD]] * [[Generative Design]] * [[CNC Machining]] * [[General Purpose Telerobotics]] * [[Robotics]] ### Related * [[fillerFundamentalManufacturingProcess2020]] * [[Startup by spreadsheet]] * [[What if PARPA focused on materials and manufacturing?]] * [[Materials and manufacturing underpin civilization]] * [[What happens if you have energy too cheap to meter?]] * [[A list of things that are potentially easier to manufacture]] [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/What+processes+can+be+drastically+changed+with+new+manufacturing+tools+and+capabilities) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/What+processes+can+be+drastically+changed+with+new+manufacturing+tools+and+capabilities)