The 3D Printer is one of the greatest inventions of the 21th
century allowing you to turn your ideas into real objects.
The latest bound movie, sky fall used a 3D printer from a German company called voxeljet to produce three 1:3 scaled models of 007s Aston
martin just to blow up during the movie!
What sounds like a really cool toy to have is actually used
for some very serious operations. Let’s first understand how it works.
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3D printing is achieved using an additive process in which
successive layers of materials are laid out in different shapes. Cutting and
drilling (also known as subtractive processes) are not involved at all making
the process easy, efficient and highly suitable for prototyping.
The biggest customer of the 3D printer is the medical
industry. So far it has produced
prosthetics and bones and the ability to generate human organs from these
machines is currently being tried out. If this is managed, it could
revolutionize medicine and completely obliterate the need for organ donation.
Using a 3D printer in conjunction with CAT scans, surgeons can print out
tumours so that they know exactly what they’re dealing with.
We’re sure you’re familiar with pirate bay,the file sharing
company. It has launched a new content category called ‘Physibles’ i.e. data
objects that can be made into physical products. 3D blueprints are uploaded and
shared with those who want to print put the actual objects.
