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    In 1986 Charles Hull invented the 3D printer (Lewis). Hull’s 3D printer has come a long way since then, and in all those years 3D printing has finally shifted its way into the public eye. This bout of fame and recognition for printers though is both a blessing as well as a curse. 3D printers are finally being given the attention and appreciation they deserve; even President Obama saw their potential when he gave a $30 million dollar grant to the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute

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    If you're not excited about the revolution that 3D printing is bringing in a technology field, then you're not thinking in a futuristic way, say some technology experts who predicted that the life on earth is going to dramatically change with the advent of 3D printing. Today, 3D printing technology is used across all industries including entertainment, art, education, real estate and many more. It serves to a wider audience and is rapidly becoming the most promising technology created by the human

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    Future of 3D Printing in Healthcare, it talks about how 3D printing creates many advantages because of the amount of customization that can be done.It says how, 3D printing is already used to create dental implants, hearing aids, contact lenses and prosthesis that are customized to the patient. It also talks about how you could print a 3D model of a person’s organ such as their brain or heart. This enables them to find defects in the organ. Also, it said that the next step up would be 3D printing artificial

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    3D printing is a technology that lets you take a 3D digital file and turn it into a physical real life product with the click of a button and it can create almost anything you can imagine. It will open up new opportunities in mass customization. You can copyright the things that you print with the 3D printer. Artistic objects that you would normally hire an artist to make will be protected by copyright. Objects that actually do things that have a use besides for entertainment or just decoration

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    Effect of 3D Printing in Industries Hod Lipson, a well-known robotics engineer at Cornell University, once said, “The next episode of 3D printing will involve printing entirely new kinds of materials. Eventually we will print complete products - circuits, motors, and batteries already included. At that point, all bets are off” (Lipson). This dated quote has now become a reality. The new expansion in technology has led to 3D printing becoming a new revolutionary process that is going to further industry

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    3D Printing and Manufacturing Introduction: In the history of known humanity, starting from the Stone Age,Technological progress has impacted humans more than anything such as changing from an animal cart to Cab less Motor Vehicles, Hand wheel to Nuclear power plant innovation in virtue to generate electricity, To advanced heating and cooling methodology from conventional wood fire or Stone tools to advance manufacturing tools. There are many more examples of technological evidence in the reference

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    now that 3D printing has some obvious advantages. However, sensitivity to a number of considerations is needed when new boundaries are broken using science and engineering. Following are the common issues that arises out of the emergence of 3D printing Cost and Time 3D printing can’t compete with mainstream manufacturing technologies with respect to cost and time for manufacturing. It may take anywhere between a few minutes to several hours to manufacture a product using 3D printing depending

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    3D printing is a technology that lets you take a 3D digital file and turn it into a physical real life product with the click of a button and it can create almost anything you can imagine. It will open up new opportunities in mass customization. You can copyright the things that you print with the 3D printer. Artistic objects that you would normally hire an artist to make will be protected by copyright. Objects that actually do things that have a use besides for entertainment or just decoration

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    business that I choose to discuss is a 3D printing business which offers services to the medical sector, looking at the background information I would be discussing the History of 3D Printing, Medical Printing history , Introduction of 3D printing industry 3D printing, started in the late 80s by a company called Rapid Prototyping Technologies, although there was a delay in the patent application of the original conceiver Dr. Kodama. However the roots of 3D printing can be traced back to 1986 when the

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    3D printing and the future Introduction: Background information. Technology is one of the quickest evolving fields of the modern society. Everyday, scientists and engineers think of ways to develop the current technology in order to make daily human tasks easier to achieve. They are able to reach innovations that change how we view objects and how we deal with the world around us leading to innovations in how manufacturers and businesses do their jobs. Outline. This essay will evaluate the current

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