Description:

3D printing is an advanced technology instrument that creates three-dimensional objects through the process of adding layers on top of layers. This printer is capable of creating with a wide variety, from something as simple as a plastic ball, to prosthetics for people who lack a limb. Its capacity is a great advantage for creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship of an object of any type of design.

However, a vast majority of 3D printers, at least the most classic model, have the disadvantage of taking from 30 minutes to several days, depending on the object, for it to be completed. Even so, there have been victorious attempts to create different types of printers, improvement in the use of thermoplastic materials (material that is used to print the object) and many other things in order to perfect the use of this magnificent machine. There is no doubt that the ability to create 3D objects is impressive, its potential in creating any object that humans design and its usefulness in fields of study such as graphic design, medicine, fashion and prototyping of any kind will definitely make this world. Something awesome.

TOPIC REFERENCES:

5 COMPLETE ARTICLES (FROM THE VIRTUAL LIBRARY)

1. COSTA, D. (2015). Three-dimensional printers making headway in Puerto Rico market. Caribbean Business, 43 (8), 26.

2. FERNÁNDEZ-REPOLLET, E. (2018). Student Research Applied in 3D-Printed Prosthetic Technology. Caribbean Business, 4 (38), 25.

3. Kinsman, M., Aljuboori, Z., Ball, T., Nauta, H., & Boakye, M. (2020). Rapid high-fidelity contour shaping of titanium mesh implants for cranioplasty defects using patient-specific molds created with low-cost 3D printing: A case series. Surgical Neurology International, 12, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.25259/SNI_482_2020

4. McCausland, T. (2020). 3D Printing’s Time to Shine. Research Technology Management, 63 (5), 62–65. https://doi.org/10.1080/08956308.2020.1790290

5. Manero, A., Smith, P., Koontz, A., Dombrowski, M., Sparkman, J., Courbin, D., & Chi, A. (2020). Leveraging 3D Printing Capacity in Times of Crisis: Recommendations for COVID-19 Distributed Manufacturing for Medical Equipment Rapid Response. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (13). https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17134634

3 PRESS ARTICLES

1. Matthew Ponsford and Nick Glass (2014, February, 14) CNN Business article interviews the creator of the 3d printer who is Chuck Hall. Retrieved from: https://edition.cnn.com/2014/02/13/tech/innovation/the-night-i-invented-3d-printing-chuck-hall/

2. Medical Plastics News (2020, November 3) The importance of progress in prototyping functional organs is mentioned in the article. retrived from: https://www.medicalplasticsnews.com/news/medical-industry-adopts-stratasys%E2%80%99-j750-digi

3. The Guardian (2015, October 31) The latest advance in 3D printing: replacement teeth. Retrieved from: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/oct/31/3d-printing-plastic-replacement-teeth

5 WEBSITES OR BLOGS

First website: What is 3D Printing?

What is 3D printing? How does a 3D printer work? Learn 3D printing. (2020, September 25). Retrieved from https://3dprinting.com/what-is-3d-printing/

About it: This website has all the information about 3D printing, about it, how it works, where we can use it, for what is used.

Second Website: Modeling for 3D printing: A guide for beginners

Modeling for 3D printing: A guide for beginners. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://support.shapeways.com/hc/en-us/articles/360023915713-Modeling-for-3D-printing-A-guide-for-beginners

About it: This website talks about how to work with, a guide for those people who are starting with 3D painting, what you need to study and a lot more. It even has videos explaining each term and work on how it is done.

Third Website: How 3D Printers Work

How 3D Printers Work. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.energy.gov/articles/how-3d-printers-work

About it: Here it talks about the types of printers, how does it work? How will it evolve in the future?

Fourth Website: The impact of 3D Printing on the Supply Chain.

3D Printing’s Impact on the Supply Chain: Infographic: Stratasys Direct. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.stratasysdirect.com/resources/infographics/3d-printing-impact-supply-chain

About it: On this one it talks about the benefits of this optimized chain.

Fifth Website: How much does it cost to 3D print?

3D Printing’s Impact on the Supply : Infographic: Stratasys Direct. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.stratasysdirect.com/resources/infographics/3d-printing-impact-supply-chain

About it: This informs us about how much it costs to have one, the materials, the advances on each one, and the difference between them.

LIST OF 10 NOMINATIVE EXPERTS ON THE FIELD

1. Name – Chuck Hall.
Affiliation – Company EPO, 3D printing
Credentials – Founder
Twitter or Web identity – none

2. Name – EDEN PRAIRIE
Membership – Stratasys company
Credentials – Manufacture of Digital Anatomy 3D Printer
Twitter or Web identity – @Stratasys

3. Name – Marijke Aerts
Affiliation – KAMP C
Credentials – Project manager
Twitter or Web identity – marijke.aerts@kampc.be

4. Name – Cody Wilson
Affiliation – Defenses Distributed
Credentials – Founder
Twitter or Web identity – @Radomysisky

5. Name – Tim Ellis
Affiliation – Ceo, relativity space
Credentials – Co-Founder
Twitter or Web identity – @thetimellis

6. Name – Brian McLean
Affiliation – Director of Rapid Prototype
Credentials – LAIKA
Twitter or Web identity – @ Brianfmclean

7. Name – Steve Emerson
Membership – VFX Supervisor
Credentials – LAIKA
Twitter or Web identity – @steveemersonvfx

TEDTALKS:

First Video: What if 3D printing was 100x faster? | Joseph DeSimone YouTube. (n.d.). YouTube. https://youtu.be/ihR9SX7dgRo

1. Information gathered from the video
   1. 3D printing is essentially 2D printing over and over again
   2. They created a 3D printer that instead of doing the regular 2D on 2D printing, it has the 3D printing material in a liquified puddle and creates the print 25 to 100 times faster than a regular 3D printer
   3. They can also do different textures and types of matter. For example: standard 3d printing plastic, more rubbery, hard prints (of stronger material)

Second video: Forget Shopping. Soon You’ll Download Your New Clothes | Danit Peleg YouTube. (n.d.). YouTube. https://youtu.be/w1oKe8OaPbk

1. Information gathered from the video
   1. She was able to do her fabric with 7 printers running 24 hours seven days a week (about 10 to 15 years before her ted talk which was done 4 years ago from today)
   2. She explained that if the technology back then would have taken her so long to come up with this fabric, who knows what the 3D printer would do to our ways of life 10 years from now? 
   3. Something most of the videos i’ve seen on these ted talks is that 3D printing can essentially revolutionize what we know today. She started off by asking, “could you imagine life if you could just, instead of shopping, download your clothes?”

Other videos for extra info:

1. 3D printing for everyone. | Renee Dobre YouTube (n.d.). YouTube. https://youtu.be/gzptxJ9HZzA
2. How 3D printing is enabling the ‘4th Industrial Revolution’ | Dr. Tim  Minshall YouTube. (n.d.). YouTube. https://youtu.be/lsJLZ1UYxGc

Credit:

This is a project for our class of Inf 103, I want to make this clear that I didn’t do this research on myself. This are the classmates that participate:

Asher Y. Cruz Vicens

Pamela N. Perez

Kah Ley Li Fung

So with this until next time ?~ ?(?)?