The 3D printing technology has been witness to rapid development over the years. From education to food, 3D printing has created waves in all domains. With the commercialization of 3D printers, accessibility of 3D printing, customization and quality of products and variety of raw materials for printing have increased massively.
The printed products have experienced major progress in complexity and usefulness. 3D printers are now capable of creating some surprising objects. Let's take a look at these.
2. INTRODUCTION
The 3D printing technology has been witness to
rapid development over the years. From
education to food, 3D printing has created
waves in all domains. With the
commercialization of 3D printers, accessibility
of 3D printing, customization and quality of
products and variety of raw materials for
printing have increased massively.
The printed products have experienced major
progress in complexity and usefulness. 3D
printers are now capable of creating some
surprising objects. Let's take a look at these.
3. HUMAN ORGANS AND BODY PARTS
Wake Forest Baptist Medical
Center in North Carolina, USA
produced 3D printed living
organs and tissue. When these
were implanted in animals for
tests, they matured into
functional tissues and
developed a system of blood
vessels as well.
Experts at this center have
already started printing
organs and tissues that can
4. CHOCOLATE
3D printing
technology has
inundated the food
industry as well. You
can now print
chocolates too.
Hershey's scientists
have started creating
uniquely designed 3D
printed chocolates.
Customers can now
customize the shapes
5. MEDICINES
The future where doctors will hand
over an algorithm to print
medicines instead of a
prescription is no longer far-
fetched.
Recently, the US Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) approved the
3D printed pill, Spritam
levetiracetam, that can control
seizures in epilepsy patients. It
uses a porous pill technology. As
a result, it can dissolve quickly
6. CARS
The world's first 3D
printed car, Strati,
manufactured by the
Arizona-based car company,
Local Motors, has cooked
up quite a storm. It was
live printed the car in 44
hours in an event in 2014.
This two-seater, electric
car is undergoing further
testing, post which it
will be available
7. BUILDINGS
3D printing has opened up
new possibilities in
construction.
WinSun Decoration Design
Engineering Co. printed
10 homes and a 6-storied
block of flats at the
Suzhou Industrial art in
China. The size of the
block is 1,100 square
meters and the homes were
made of recycled concrete
8. CONCLUSION
With such powerful innovations mushrooming
quickly, we can safely say that the future of
3D printing holds promise.
It is the next-generation manufacturing
technology that can prove highly advantageous
for the human race.
