3d Printed Weapons : Unjust Censorship Of A Public Threat

While 3D printing brings the promise of innovation and creativity to many, it brings fear to others; fear of 3-D printed weapons, intellectual property infringement, and safety issues with CAD designs. As such, 3D printing raises both ethical and regulatory issues for the society.

As 3D printing transitions from commercial manufacturing use to personal private use individuals will have the ability to print any design. Products can range from a pair of shoes to complicated engineering designs, life-saving devices, prosthetic limbs and weapons that pass airport security. In the future we will likely see printable medications and

Three dimensional (3D) printing, also known as additive manufacturing, is taking the world by storm and is said to be “the next big thing”, the next revolution, or as big as the Internet. President Barack Obama stated in his 2013 State of the Union address that 3D printing has the potential to revolutionize the way we make almost anything (Gross, 2013). However, will 3D printing have a positive effect on the future of our society looking at the effects on the manufacturing businesses, healthcare, and consumer home printing? To answer this question we will explore the current technology and how it is currently being used in manufacturing businesses, healthcare, and consumer home printing and, prospects for future use in these areas. We will explore the limitations and advantages of the 3D printing technology. Referencing trade journals, textbooks, popular opinion, and expert opinions in the fields of business, management, engineering, and computer technology to evaluate the societal effects of 3D printing for our future.

That is nice, but what about 3DHubs. As stated above, 3DHubs and their sellers are guilty of the same violations. Just3DPrint's mistake was more direct than 3DHubs. There is a solution that could save money in millions of dollars in ligitation and secure 3D Modeler's rights and prevent commercialization of creative commons 3d Models.

In America weapons have been a piece of the nation’s general public. All throughout history the natives of the US have use guns to ensure the country, secure their families, chase for nourishments and take part in the sporting activities. The issue of gun and weapon control is overwhelming. The definition of gun control is: government regulation of possession and use of firearms by private citizens. In order to purchase a weapon you must go through some background checks. In this month's issue of Preventive Medicine, Sen and Panjamapirom (2012) explored the association between background checks on an individual seeking to purchase a gun and firearm deaths across U.S. They watched that firearm retailers could check no less than six “foundation”

Making a gun is complicated compare to make whiskey or gin, people still manufactured guns by the black market. A report states “The illegal market is the most likely source for the criminals to obtain a gun. In fact, more than half the arrestees say it is easy to obtain guns illegally" (Noyes). For instant, guns can be made is the situation of the 3D printer gun. If guns can be made easy like that, so how does government stop crimes from making guns? If people want to buy guns for themselves, obviously criminals will sell their guns for benefits. According to Charles Allen, Wells' Chief of Staff, (3D Printer Gun Ban Introduced By D.C. Councilman Tommy Wells ) “First, 3D printed guns will not have serial numbers or a registration record, presenting an immediate threat to gun control efforts. Second, 3D printed guns could not be detected by a metal detector since they are made from plastics and other materials.” On the other hand, Danish Company explains the reason why 3D gun cannot be prohibited for three reason. Frist, banning 3D gun means “a huge regression towards what The Economist called the ‘third industrial revolution’” , and adding that is impossible in the technology century when we can easily access information through cloud sharing. (McMillan, Graeme) Everything becomes so complicated, and the peoples are confused. So on, the gun control mostly fail right now.

Have you ever lost a limb? Have you ever needed a new car part? If so, the marvel of 3D printing can deliver these things. The future has truly arrived today, almost any object we can think of can become reality through 3D printing. 3D printing is the process of making a physical object from a digital model by layering a material until it forms the object. 3D printing shows a lot of potential for both recreational and practical uses, and I believe will help shape the future of technology.

A specific case of a user applying the technology in a less than ethical and certainly illegal fashion occurred in Japan recently. It was heavily covered by the Xinhua News Agency when Yoshitomo Imura, a 27 college employee living near Tokyo, was found to have five plastic guns in his home that were created through three-dimensional printing. Two of these guns were capable of firing lethal bullets (Xinhua News Agency). The case of Yoshitomo Imura in particular violated the firearm laws established in Japan, and it may only be a short matter of time before the United States and other countries around the world start seeing similar cases emerging. Legal expert Janet Gilger-Vanderzanden concludes that in the United States, it is actually legal

3D printing technologies are changing the way we produce objects. 3D printing is part of a process known as an additive manufacturing, where an object is created by adding layer by layer. Additive manufacturing allows designers create complex parts for machines.

In addition to affect the medical field 3D printing has impacted the fashion field in many different ways. 3D printing has been able to open up the doors to customizing clothes and accessories. “The idea of custom design has mass appeal and marketability. Who doesn’t want to wear a one-of-a-kind, perfectly tailored piece? Perhaps the teenage girl of the future won’t have to suffer the social agony of showing up to a school dance wearing the same dress as her archenemy” (Hennessey). What if it was possible to print a swimsuit fit to the customers exact measurements. A company called Continuum is taking order for 3D printed bikinis that are specific to the customers measurements and body type and size. Also companies are 3d printing customizable

The 3D printing has certainly taken technology to a storm providing major solution in various industries and a step ahead in man-made new age technology. Be ready to enter into a world of 3D print technology that can be a huge leap over the human innovation and would make life

This essay will evaluate the current and future uses of 3D printing by discussing both its advantages and disadvantages. The essay will also reflect upon the 3 main groups of users; scientists and entrepreneurs, business manufactures and finally, individual people.

3D printing is a means of revolutionising almost any and all aspects of life. The potential to bringing into the physical world anything that can be conceived in the mind (and created on a computer) brings a myriad of variety ; expanding markets and capabilities, whether new or improving products and processes that are already in practice. 3D printers are falling in price as the technology improves and the want for them increases making the ability to create anything domestically more practical , this would allow for an influx of material that would be hard to control or monitor, this can include guns, weapons and equipment for drugs manufacture along with the mundane domestic items like faucets, plugs or pots. Such a possibility would involve the morals of the manufacturer and the ethics of the wider collective that have an input on the advancements, though there are other limitations that play a part in the progression of 3D printing that are independent of ethics. As the technology and concept has the potential to create anything, it doesn’t not yet have the capability to do so therefore the anticipation of the possibilities is the only preparation the 3D printing industry can do, as a result I shall conduct an investigation looking at the extent of ethical and moral influences as well as physical and scientific limitations and how they could limit any potential advancements, in accordance with the resulting benefits from some upcoming advancements in

As 3D printers are becoming live in the market, they demonstrate great potential by fostering economic growth. The implications of this revolutionary technology indeed promise to have a radical impact on the may things are produced and business is done. There are

3D printing is a technology that was invented in the early 1980s by a man named Charles Hull (Ventola, 2014). Since its creation, 3D printing has branched into many different aspects of the world and is being utilized in fields like the automotive industry, medicine and is even being used for everyday purposes. Later on, Charles Hull founded a company called 3D Systems which developed the first ever 3D printer. In 1988, Hull and his company 3D Systems, put forth the first commercially available 3D printer. From this point on, 3D printing would be advanced and evolved to the point where it would have the opportunity to create a revolutionary impact on the world we