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How Will 3D Printing Organs Emerge To Be A Billion Dollar Industry In the Next 10 Years?
3D printing technology is changing and will change pretty much everything. Besides printing the intermittent novelty project at home with a desktop printer, additive manufacturing or 3D printing technology is being used in a large group of businesses changing the manner in which we design, build, create, and even eat.
NASA is planning to use 3D printing technology to construct housing on Mars for future colonies while organizations like byFlow are using the emerging technology to create food and intricate edible tableware. The uses and applications appear to be both limitless and exciting, yet this is only the beginning. Things being what they are, what sort of changes can we expect to see in the medical industry?
3D printed corneas
Millions of people need new corneas. In a major breakthrough, researchers can now 3D print them.
3D Bio-Printers for Human Organs and Tissues
In the future, you could 3D print organ replacements and biological tissues anywhere you want!
Michelin unveils airless 3D-printed tires that last virtually forever
The Michelin Vision tire concept does not need to be inflated, is specifically manufactured through 3D printing, and is biodegradable.
Within 10 Years, We’ll Travel by Hyperloop, Rockets, and Avatars
“The Hyperloop exists,” says Josh Giegel, co-founder and chief technology officer of Hyperloop One, “because of the rapid acceleration of power electronics, computational modeling, material sciences, and 3D printing.”
Thanks to these convergences, there are now ten major Hyperloop One projects—in various stages of development—spread across the globe. Chicago to DC in 35 minutes. Pune to Mumbai in 25 minutes. According to Giegel, “Hyperloop is targeting certification in 2023. By 2025, the company plans to have multiple projects under construction and running initial passenger testing.”
So think about this timetable: Autonomous car rollouts by 2020. Hyperloop certification and aerial ridesharing by 2023. By 2025—going on vacation might have a totally different meaning. Going to work most definitely will.
Scientists 3D Print Skin That Develops Working Blood Vessels
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Mesmerizing 3D printing technique
A new 3D printing technique switches between ‘inks’ so fast you can’t even see it.
Realistic arm prosthetic
This 3D-printed robotic arm could be the most advanced and most realistic yet.