3d Printing Ethical Implications

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

Loopholes are a big problem regarding laws about firearms. “Ghost” guns are firearms without a serial number, which is manufactured by the average person, and not purchased from a store. 3D printing is an issue as well, because most people with 3D printers can just print parts of a firearm and assemble a full firearm. While it could benefit the fingerprint lock companies, gun safe companies, it causes more problems than solve. These problems include: Bulky attachments, sensor loading times, and faulty fingerprint sensors, which could lead to longer draw times, and could determine the outcome of a soon to be

There are a few pressing matters regarding the impact of 3D printing on society including security risks and accountability when a tragedy occurs as a result of manufactured items. However, 3D printing has a beneficial impact in different fields. One positive impact of 3D printing is the new industry software developers can pursue since there is a need to build and maintain user friendly software for 3D printing. 3D printing also reduces the time to necessary to

3D printing is definitely a huge advancement in Technology! However, very controversial. Although, it has multiple benefits in our society in Medical health practices & Engineering speed, it can also be used for illegal purposes. Now, does the bad outweigh the good? That is the question debated today. I see the whole concept in only 2 large points. It will greatly help people who are desperately in need for transplant organs. It will drastically reduce the organ waiting list and once perfected, our life span should be bumped up a decade or so. On the other hand, what if someone down the road you'll be able to completely recreate a human being in it's entirety? Would we harvest them for their organs? Would it be fair? What if it falls in the

Although there may be questions speculating the negative side of this technological advancement, the world should realize the benefit. 3D printers can cure many unknown diseases and aid many disabled individuals. As said by Bernard in the novel Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, "We preserve them from diseases. We keep their internal secretions artificially balanced at a youthful equilibrium” (pg 111). The World State in the novel may consist of immortality and beauty, however, in modern times humans can’t be compared to this world. Our society can improve the people’s health, aiding them in medical advancements that are unimaginable. Therefore, many civilians have turned to medical facilities clinics to provide the necessary organs in order to survive. 3-D printing is greatly important for civilization because people are suffering from disabilities and custom made body parts could save many lives. With no further to do, even though this technology has some negative aspects, the positive attributes should be much more viewed with interest for it can save many lives in the next few years to

Did a soldier ever think of printing his missing hand that was amputated while in combat? Or did that surgeon ever thought of printing that patient’s matching heart that’s been on the national organ donor list for the past two years? And how about printing the most want it toy for Christmas for your child? Well now you can, by using a 3-D modeling technology printing concept. 3-D (Three-Dimensional) modeling technology in the medical field has been an innovation since the 1980’s. This technology has come a long ways. 3-D modeling technology printing is a method of additive manufacturing and built-up technique where a three dimensional object is shaped by laying down consecutive layers of material to create an object in a 3-D aspect. Recently, there has been an increase in the number of companies providing personalized three dimensional printed models of objects that have been scanned and reduced to a 3-D shape with the assistance of computer software, and then printed to the customer’s requests. This technology has developed into many branches, in which has opened doors leading to a new form of imagery in the world of printing. While some may argue this technology may result in a trend of piracy and with its non-proprietary software, some individuals may gain profit by manufacturing counterfeit pharmaceutical products. Society should invest in the 3-D modeling technology concept as many individuals have been creating toys at home and

Elizabeth Gough-Gordon, in the article 3D Printing and Medicine: Not Just Science Fiction Anymore, explains that 3D printing in the medical field is “not new technology”, but recent innovations are not only revolutionizing surgical procedures and prosthetics, but also the future of prescription distribution. In her article, Gough-Gordon inputs statistics, dates, speeches, and individual stories of patients who received 3D printed prosthetics in her article in order to assert the changes 3D printing has undergone since the 1980’s and how it is helping people today in 2015. For example, Gough-Gordon explains how 3D printing was first invented in the early 1980’s, despite the futuristic appeal the it has now, and how it has become a less expensive

3D printing is part of their fear as they believe that technology is innovating at a pace that we as a civilization can’t keep up with. The lack of control in 3D printing lead to the creation of printed guns. Though there are currently no specific laws that target this issue, I personally feel that this is something the government should really look into executing. I see this issue a lot like that of drones. Both of these are tech that seemed impossible a few years ago, but now both have preesneted problems that wouldn’t have arise if the product never exhisted. Personal drones are now becoming a acommodity, and people have been flying the device over gorvenment and private property. Now there is a law that proghiits this very action, and it was recently accepted by the goervnemtn. So my question stems back to the point, why cant the government step in and do something about 3D printed guns before it becomes uncontainable. The technology is already improving. Less than a week into 2015 and three days into CES, it's already clear that the 3D-printing industry is on the cusp of a significant transformation. So far, we've seen not one but two multi-material 3D-printers aimed at consumers. That means that tech savvy folks willing to spend a few thousands dollars can now start printing things out of composites like limestone, bronze, and

According to Spiewak, the advantages of bio-printing are the ability to integrate vascularization, ability to generate tissue, controlled delivery of growth genes, precise patterning of cells, ability to co-culture multiple cell types locally, enables fabrication of anatomically correct shapes, along with allowing fabrication of porous structures (18). On the flip side, some ethical concerns that many individuals may have on research are the cost, production control, complications, and the organs made with nonhuman cells (Griggs 20). Individuals may believe that bio-printing may be expensive and only will qualify for the wealthy. However, that can’t be determined since the medical research of bio-printing organs is still in the beginning stage and is years of a way of production of a viable organ for transplantation. Sifferlin notes Dr. Macchiarini research that “he plans to conduct a clinical trial to properly assess the risks and benefits of the procedure, and document how bodies react to the transplanted devices. Hopefully those trials will show that it's possible to regenerate not just organs but hope as well.” (13.) Every major surgery of course comes with a risk; however, every individual has the right to take on the risk if they please. Most individual will not be concerned with the ethical concerns, since saving human life surely outweighs every

As mentioned earlier, 3D printing can be more than just fun and games. 3D printing can be used to make organs and living tissues as well. This is obviously a complex process, but it can be done. This would allow more people to be able to receive transplants. This idea of printing organs and tissues has been discussed for quite a while now.

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.

On April 9th of 2013, a dying toddler was finally saved after two years of living under strict medical care. The toddler, Hannah Warren, was born without a windpipe that was needed for proper respiratory purposes. The treatment consisted of a 3D printed replacement windpipe made of her own stem cells, which was, as TIME’s writer Alexandra Sifferlin stated, “approved by the FDA as an experimental operation for patients with very little hope of survival.” Although the treatment was experimental, this was an astounding advancement in medical technology because “being born without a trachea is fatal in 99% of cases.” (Sifferlin) 3D printing technology has been advancing at a rapid rate and has demonstrated a vast number of beneficial applications including Warren’s experimental treatment. Richard Seymour, a writer in the African Business Magazine explains how “Applications for the new technology are myriad. Medicine, agriculture, military, automotive, technology, engineering, fashion, architecture and aerospace are just some of the industries which can benefit from the new process.” (44) In his article, Seymour lists various instances of 3D printing being used such making prototyping Nike running shoes cheaper, jet engines more efficient, organ replacement more likely to occur, cheaper medicine, and improved space travel. Because of all the beneficial tasks it can perform, it would appear that 3D printing could have a central role in the future of technology, yet such a

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.

Government policy - Although 3D printing opens up new practical challenges, protection of 3D designs and objects under intellectual property, the policy questions about 3D printers are not

We live in a time where technology is improved and advanced every single day. The health care environment is no exception. The technology used for health care is constantly being refined and advanced in hopes to allow even better and more efficient care. One of these technological advancements that could revolutionize health care is 3D printing. Benefits 3D printing could provide include construction of prosthetic limbs as well as anatomical models aimed at determining patients’ needs and many more (Ventola, 2014). However, there are also disadvantages of this technology and one of the main disadvantages is the security issues it presents. There are both advantages and disadvantages of 3D printing but there is no denying the promise of this technology and the potential impact it could have.