2. 3D printers offer an extraordinary
revolution in STEM education. Students
developed low-cost high-quality scientific
tools from open hardware designs creating
open-source labs and low cost ability for
rapid prototyping in classroom. Students
rebuild duplicates of museum products like
fossils and historical artefacts for study in
classroom.
3. Students interested in graphic
designing can build models with
complicated working parts simply.
Science students can easily study
cross-sections of internal organs of
human body and other biological
cases. And chemistry students can
study 3D models of molecules and
relationship of chemical compounds.
4. Environmental use
Large-scale 3D printing utilizing a
sandstone-like material has been
utilized in Bahrain to build unique
coral-shaped structures that
motivate coral polyps to colonize
and redevelop damaged reefs.
5. Cultural Heritage
3D printing has been utilized by cultural
heritage field for preservation,
restoration and dissemination purposes.
Several Europeans and North American
Museums have bought 3D printers and
rebuild missing pieces of their relics. The
Metropolitan Museum of Art and the
British Museum have begun utilizing 3D
printers to build museum souvenirs
which are available in museum shops.