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3-D PrintingBrady Roelofs

Background

Original Purpose: Prototypes

Charles Hull Founder of 3D Systems 1986

Technology

Different Steps Design on Computer Process Layers Finishes

Products

Other Products

Instruments

Cameras

Cups

Clocks

Clothes

Advantages

Main Advantages:

Mass Production

Customization

Substitute for Scarce Items

The Future

Medical Save Lives (Organs, Transplants)

Food Production Third-World countries (world hunger)

Scarce Resources

References

"How 3-D Printing Actually Works” Mashable. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2013. http://mashable.com/2013/03/28/3d-printing-explained/

Evans, Hugh “3-D Printing: The Game Changer” T.Rowe Price, 12. May. 2012 http://individual.troweprice.com/public/Retail/Planning-&-Research/Connections/3D-Printing/The-Game-Changer

D'Aveni, Richar A. "March 2013." 3-D Printing Will Change the World. Harvard Business Review, n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2013. http://hbr.org/2013/03/3-d-printing-will-change-the-world/

Chung, Becky. "TED Blog." TED Blog A 3D Printed Future 10 Surprising Things We Could See Printedsoon Comments. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Nov. 2013. http://blog.ted.com/2013/07/29/a-3d-printed-future-10-surprising-things-we-could-see-printed-soon/