Upcomng Advances in 3D Printing

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

Reading through the “ALA Code of Ethics” and “The ALA Code is Not enough” I believe that the ALA code will change many years later from now. If we think about it, then “The ALA Code is Not enough” make more sense. The evolution of technology can change the laws, rules (,)and policies in the following years. Going back to the time when there were (was) no modern technology and people would borrow the print books we’ll see that they policy that they had was practicable for that period. Obviously, we cannot run our libraries with the 1930’s policy. The article that I found “3D Printing in Libraries” is talking about the 3D printing in the libraries and its policy. I personally never thought about the policy of the 3D printing before, until I saw

In a study conducted through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on “average 79 people will receive an organ each day; however, an average of 22 people die each day” waiting for transplants that cannot take place because of the shortage of donated organs (U.S. D.H.H.S). The average amount of patients waiting for an organ can reduce to zero with the continued development of 3-D printers. 3-D printing is a process of making three dimensional solid objects from a digital file. The digital file is uploaded onto a computer software, and then the 3-D printer prints the digital file out onto different materials. The materials include plastic, resin, nylon, sandstone. The finish products become replicas of the digital file, and what was an idea is now a reality. Therefore, 3-D printers will one day be the future of organ transplants because over the past twenty years the technology industry has rapidly grown into the focal point in society. From advancement in communication, to the medical field, science and technology has shaped this world today. Thus, the American Government should invest more money into the medical field budget because the research conducted on new technology (3-D Printers) leads to more lives saved, and expands the opportunity of future medical breakthroughs.

Secondly, advanced 3D printing applied to the medical field can be utilized in an Engels non capitalist technology drive society to impact the area of safety. In this utopian society, advanced 3D printing will have the capabilities to print synthetic tissue and organic tissue that can bond to the patient’s cells. In effect, this helps the patient’s wound heal faster. This type of advanced 3D bio printing can save many lives

The Personal Fabricator, a chapter in Neil Gershenfeld’s When Things Start to Think, presents an argument concerning the accessibility and personalization of commodities through technological means, and explores the technology used to satisfy the concept of personal fabrication. Throughout the chapter, Gershenfeld contends that personal computing should extend beyond the digital realm into the physical world, and illustrates the idea of a direct access to physical products that are digitally designed to meet the needs of the individual by the individual. The author uses 3D printing to demonstrate the possibility of personal fabrication. In the chapter, a 3D printer is described as a computer that combines materials together in order to create

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

Maybe the greatest innovation over the last decade has been 3D printing. It has allowed people to make all sorts of fantastic things like furniture, fashion designs, and even full homes. Now, we turn to Michael Jackson, who was one of the most popular music artists of all-time. What do these two have in common? Well, when you hear what recent research has discovered it will all make sense. This research, which was published in Nature Biotechnology, revealed that human organs and limbs could be printed from scratch. Is it all starting to make sense now?

In Gershenfeld’s When Things Start to Think, the ultimate way for technology to reach full potential of personal fabrication is through simplicity of structure, as well as efficiency in its ability to create anything. Gershenfeld (1999) states, “big companies use big machines to make things we may not want” demonstrating the unnecessary need for elaborate high cost technology to give society the things they want and need. With these big companies and their machines being the only means to acquire merchanise, it makes it difficult for others to see a different way in obtaining these products in a more basic way. Gershenfeld (1999) provides through research an example of a “3D printer” as an alternative route in cutting out the middleman to establish

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

There are a wide range of settings in which 3D printing technology can be implemented in. In this paper, the potential use of bio-printers as a replacement for current organ donation treatments was investigated. The current organ situation in Australia was explored to assess whether the implementation of bio-printing was suitable. It was discovered that more than 1,500 people are on the Australian organ transplant waiting list, and was thus concluded that bio-printing technology could assist in reducing stress on the waiting lists. Further, this investigation involved researching various bio-printing methods used by renowned scientists in the field, such as one developed by Professor Jonathan Butcher. Current implications and future applications of the technology were also researched and has shown that there is much potential for bio-printing to develop into a major medical resources. In addition, in-depth understanding regarding the various social, ethical and environmental implications of this technology on society was developed. It was shown that from research that bio-printing technology has the ability to drastically change society’s current dependence on donors for organs and tissues. Nevertheless, there were a series of technological and moral obstacles that have to be addressed before full implementation of this technology can occur.

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

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