Friday 5 February 2016

3D PRINTING Research

3D PRINTING

  •     Analyse the article - What is being said? What are the effects?
  •     Who is the target audience? How are they affected by the article/ text or image?     
  • Consider the constraints around the topic. What are the ethical issues affecting the audience? Are there any laws that have to be protected? Are there any codes of practice? (e.g. gaming laws/ terms and conditions, laws on what you can 3D print, Facebook terms and conditions)


How will 3D printing impact the future? (POSITIVE)

3D printing is a process, which involves the creation of three-dimensional solid objects from a digital file. It all starts by making the virtual design of your object that you would like to create through specific 3D Modelling computer programs that are based on CAD (Computer Aided Design). Several IT companies such as; Microsoft and Google have enabled their hardware systems to perform 3D scanning. It is known that in the near future smartphones will have integrated scanners. I want to speak about the effects caused by 3D Printing that will create a positive impact on the future and these are the cost reduction on products as 3D printing has become less expensive in three major world countries, in the future most of the population should have 3D printers in their homes which will reduce personal costs. When 3D printers are more familiar to people there
will be more jobs needed in the world as not everyone is able to operate the printer themselves. With regards to medical support and health, people will no longer need or have to depend on organ donors and rejection will not be a problem since the organs will be built using their own DNA. Manufacturing speed will increase dramatically due to the machines fast processing speed; it can make items from scratch in such a shortened period of time plus items manufactured are only limited by your imagination, products can be unlimitedly customized. As spoken about previously on health and medical support, Human Prosthetics can be made from silicone on a 3D printer, which may be highly expensive as of its rarity.