3D Printer Applications
Here is a collection of bind-blowing and inspiring ways that 3D printers are being used as a key part of innovation in the world!
https://www.autodesk.com/autodesk-university/article/Real-World-Applications-3D-Printing
3D printed prosthetics
Imagine that you only had one hand?
Life would be very different and some opportunities might feel not open to you. In some parts of the world, the opportunity to have a prosthetic limb is just too much money for your family.
Through 3D printing children all over the world are being given opportunities that might have been missed through 3D printing of prosthetics.
3D printed organs
What do you know about the body's organs?
Imagine that someone needs an organ transplant?
Researchers are looking at ways to be able to 3D print replacement organs to support patients.
What are some key things that would need to be considered in this work?
Here is another article that highlights this technology advancement - https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191101111556.htm
https://mashable.com/video/3d-printing-living-organs
https://youtu.be/GV8zPtqOyqg 3D printing is changing the world
3D printed homes
Watch this video to see some of the exciting technology used in residential housing technology.
Here is an article a little closer to home: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/merrtt-3d-homes-1.6379214#:~:text=186-,The%20City%20of%20Merritt%20is%20considering%20an%20unconventional%20solution%20to,entire%20community%20to%20be%20evacuated.
And the related video: https://youtu.be/glfx0cnXCik
More on construction and 3D printing - https://youtu.be/2Q-l1TRRZJ8
A 3D printed park in China - https://mashable.com/video/3d-printed-park-in-china
3D printing on the International Space Station -
Exploration of sustainable 3D printed co-homes from local earth https://youtu.be/4MLJs1KRa0Y