Additive manufacturing technology, more commonly known as 3D printing, is changing the world as we know it. Within the last few years, the 3D printing revolution has pioneered a new way of hyper-local manufacturing, allowing for the production of new things that were previously impossible to make. The rapidly evolving technology is making people wonder, “What will be next?” Avi Reichental, the President and CEO of 3D Systems, is the man with the answer. As the owner of the world’s first and largest 3D printing company, Reichental is on the forefront of 3D printing. In the TED Talk “What’s next in 3D printing,” Reichental advocates 3D printing technology as a way to propel society into the future while also connecting people to their heritage. …show more content…
It is now possible for anyone to obtain a 3D printer that is small enough to sit on a desk. Thus, the common question many are asking is “will we have a 3D printer in every home?”, but Reichental challenges this by stating “it’s the wrong question to ask. The right question is, how will 3D printing change my life?” (Reichental). Utilizing this inquiry, he reveals 3D printing will change the way we connect with our heritage. 3D printing has been perceived by society as the way to replace traditional manufacturing methods. Reichental’s Ted talk employs ethos, logos, and pathos to reveal to society that with digital fabrication, we are able to honor the past while manufacturing the …show more content…
One of the problems facing the future of 3D printing is that not everybody knows hot to use CAD to create 3D objects on a computer. To solve this problem, he mentions that 3D Systems develops 3D scanners and “haptics, perceptual devices that will allow you to touch and feel your designs as if you play with digital clay” (Reichental). He successfully responds to this issue, but in doing so reveals a more important issue that he fails to respond to. With the ability for individuals to create physical things digitally, there is also the unintended result such as “democratized counterfeiting and ubiquitous illegal possession” through 3D printed objects. Following the statement of this huge problem facing the future of 3D printing, Reichental changes the subject, utilizing the Red Herring Fallacy, by stating “So many people ask me, will we have a 3D printer in every home?” (Reichental). When asking the interesting question of having a printer in every home, it distracts the audience from the important issue of counterfeiting and illegal possession through a more appealing topic. Reichental effectively addresses the argument, but fails to provide a solution to it, thus making the audience forget that it was even mentioned. This use of a Red Herring Fallacy furthers the purpose of the talk by effectively
With the massive rise in the quality, lower prices and availability 3d printers anybody anywhere in the world now has the ability to produce almost anything they like. Websites like https://www.thingiverse.com/ offer millions of models for almost anything someone needs to produce. Websites like https://www.upwork.com offer online consulting for 3d modelers that will design anything you need. Prior to the availability of 3d printers anything that was designed had to be manufactured at professional production facilities at huge costs relative to 3d printing it. 3d Printing lowers the barriers of entry into a market that was previously dominated by a few people because of the cost of prototyping.
How has something that has been for quite some time, suddenly become so popular? The recent fascination of 3D printing started at the 21st century, when 3D printer prices dramatically dropped from a few thousand dollars, to just a few hundred, and led to the majority of the new and advancing businesses to invest in them. Describ...
In additive manufacturing, parts are produced by slicing a CAD model into thin layers and then depositing material one layer at a time to create the 3D part. While current methods are very precise and have high resolutions, I have identified 3 main limitations of additive manufacturing.
Due to my experience in the Hawker group, I want to continue doing additive manufacturing. I am interested in working in the additive manufacturing unit at Lawrence Livermore. I am interested in continuing working with photopolmerization 3D printers but also want to expand my horizon by exploring composites and metals. I spoke with Dr. Monica Moya at a conference about 3D printed cells. It would be intersting to integrate biopolymers to allow tissue scaffolding to these 3D printed cells. I also read that lawrence livermore is the first lab that successfully printed carbon nanofiber using direct ink writing. I know my previous experience with a novel 3D printer will be helpful for building new revolutionary additive manufacturing methods.
Proof X is a 3D biomedical printing company; its technology has redefied the standards for patient care by refining the approach in the world of medicine. Proof X creates 3D printing that produces exact replicas of three-dimensional objects from a digital file. 3D printing is not your standard printing we are familiar with such as the ink and paper printing. Instead Proof X 3D printing uses a variety of other materials like plastic, glass, metal, polymers, wax, or sand and glue mix.
John Horvat II, from “Five Ways Technology Is Taking Over Your Life,” is an illustrator, researcher, international speaker, and a contributor to “The Blaze” website, and also an author of books. The main point from this article is that technology is a bigger problem now, technology is supposed to be a beneficial resource but not to the point that we get handled by it. The author strongest asset is the use of pathos to get to the audience emotions and make them believe that he’s right. The audience of this article are people who use technology in an excessive way, which is majority of the people, so he is basically referring to everyone who have a relationship with technology.
In summary, both the article and the novel critique the public’s reliance on technology. This topic is relevant today because Feed because it may be how frightening the future society may look like.
There is a trend in the world of technologies that is unfolding relentlessly creating new ideas that are being marked as the next big thing. These technologies have the potential of disrupting established technologies and even alter the way people live. The technologies can sustain and improve or disrupt the existing technologies leading to an entirely new products and services (McKinsey & Company 1). 3D printing is a technology that has been around since 1980s but it was until 2010 that the 3D printers became commercially available. Since then, the technology has had impacts that have captured the attention of many because of its science fiction connotations. According to another source (Sandhu), 3D printing is an important concept that has potential not just for its current capabilities, but for the future. According to technology trends, 3D printing opens up ideas that will alter human life as well as bringing with it many complications as it develops.
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3D printers have been linked all the way back to 1952 as an adaption of Computer Numeric Controlled machines which were early computers wired to milling machines (Martin Bowden, & Merrill, 2014, 31). The milling machines would start with one big solid piece of material and then use lasers and water-jet cutting to shave off material until the desired result was achieved (Martin et al., 2014, 31). This is quite the difference from 3D printers nowadays because the more modern printers print out material instead of shaving off material. These machines were used because the reliability and accuracy of a
When I think about 3D design and 3D printing I think about the future and what it will hold for my generation and the generations to come. 3D printing is just one representation of how much our technology has advanced and continues to by the day. When I heard we were going to be doing a 3D design project, I was ecstatic. I instantly looked up ideas for my earbuds, which was also part of the researching for the engineering design process. I knew my earbud holder was going to be an animal, and as I’m just beginning to do 3D design, I didn’t want to bite off more than I could chew, so I wasn’t going to do anything too hard. That’s when I decided on an owl. I pretty much knew from the beginning that, that was the animal I was going to be using
Why go to stores and spend lots of money buying toys, jewelry, cups and many other plastic utilities when you can only press one button and print them out for yourself. This futuristic idea is not only innovating the scientific and technological world, but it is also innovating modern day households. The possibilities of 3D printing are extremely captivating, making this one of the most exciting innovations in recent times. 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, makes three-dimensional solid objects from a digital model or command. To picture how this process works, 3D printers use an additive process, where adding layers of a successive material creates an object. Traditional machines, however, uses a subtractive process by cutting or removing a specific material to shape the desired object. This mean of production can be known as a “democratization” of manufacturing since it promises a huge potential for creativity to let loose, offering a realistic possibility for everyone to produce almost any type of object. With over one-hundred different materials a 3D printer can print in, the possibilities of this new type of technology are marveling. For this reason, this new technological revolution demonstrates great potential because we will be able to use it as a household level of production, it will foster economic growth and it will be of great interest to the public.
One of the foremost necessary applications of 3D printing is within the medical trade. With 3D printing, surgeons will turn out mockups of components of their patient's body that has to be operated upon. 3D printing makes it doable to form a locality from scratch in mere hours. It permits designers and developers to travel from flat screen to precise half. Today nearly everything from part parts to toys is obtaining engineered with the assistance of 3D printers. 3D printing is additionally used for jewelry and art, design, fashion style, art, design and interior style.
When one says the word “printing” most people think of a small desktop inkjet printer. Printing is much more than just ink on a paper. Printing is an art form that is mixed with science. There are many components of printing. Printing consists of prepress operations, paper and ink selection, plate making, and printing itself.
There is no doubt that the accomplishments made through technology are astonishing. Technology has made amazing impacts on everything from science in space to medical science to the devices we use every day that make our lives easier. People are living longer and better than ever before, but we can’t forget how to live without it. “Just because technology is there and makes something easier doesn’t mean we should rely on it so much that we can’t think for ourselves,” (Levinson).