“Team discuss medical 3D printing” by This is Engineering is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

El 3D printing es un instrumento de tecnología avanzada que mediante el proceso de añadir capas encima de capas crea objetos tridimensionales. Esta impresora es capaz de crear con una amplitud de variedades, desde algo tan simple como una pelota de plástico, hasta prótesis para personas que carecen de alguna extremidad. Su capacidad es una gran ventaja para la creatividad, innovación y emprendimiento de un objeto de cualquier tipo de diseño. 

Sin embargo, una gran mayoría de la impresora 3D, al menos el modelo más clásico, tiene la desventaja de tomar de 30 minutos hasta varios días, dependiendo del objeto, para que este sea completado. Aun así han habido intentos victoriosos en crear diferentes tipos de impresoras, mejoría en el uso de materiales termoplásticos (material que se usa para imprimir el objeto) y muchas cosas más para así perfeccionar el uso de esta magnífica máquina. No cabe duda que la habilidad de crear objetos 3D es impresionante, su potencial en crear cualquier objeto que el humano diseñe y su utilidad en campos de estudios como el diseño gráfico, medicina, moda y fabricación de prototipos de cualquier tipo definitivamente hará de este mundo algo impresionante. 

Referencias del tema: 

5 artículos completos (de la Biblioteca Virtual)

  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 artículos de la prensa

  1. Matthew Ponsford and Nick Glass (2014, febrero,14) El artículo de CNN Business, entrevista al creador del 3d printer quien es 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) En el artículo de se menciona la importancia del avance en realizar prototipos de órganos funcionales. 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 Chain: 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.

Listado de 10 nominativos de personas expertas en el campo

  1. Nombre – Chuck Hall 

Afiliación – Company EPO, 3D printing 

Credenciales – Fundador

identidad Twitter o Web – none

  1. Nombre – EDEN PRAIRIE

Afiliación – Stratasys company

Credenciales – Manufacture of Digital Anatomy™ 3D Printer

identidad Twitter o Web – @Stratasys

  1. Nombre – Marijke Aerts

Afiliacion – KAMP C

Credenciales – Project manager 

identidad Twitter o Web –  marijke.aerts@kampc.be

  1. Nombre – Cody Wilson 

Afiliacion – Defenses Distributed

credenciales  – Founder

identidad Twitter o Web –  @Radomysisky

  1. Nombre – Tim Ellis

Afiliacion – Ceo, relativity space 

Credenciales – Co-Founder

identidad Twitter o Web – @thetimellis

  1. Nombre – Brian McLean

 Afiliación –  Director of Rapid Prototype

Credenciales –  LAIKA

identidad Twitter o Web –@Brianfmclean

  1. Nombre – Steve Emerson

Afiliación – VFX Supervisor 

Credenciales –  LAIKA

identidad Twitter o Web – @steveemersonvfx

TEDTALKS: 

  1. 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)
  2. 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?”
  3. Other videos for extra info:
    1. 3D printing for everyone. | Renee Dobre YouTube (n.d.). YouTube. https://youtu.be/gzptxJ9HZzA

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