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How 3D Printing Will Change Our World | LondonBloggers.net - 2 views

  • The Pros If you imagine your life with a 3D printer at your disposal, you will likely come up with an endless list of things that you could do with it. There are simple, mundane applications, such as printing out tools or utensils that you might need around the house. Just think of a weekend project, like shelf-installation, and picture how much easier it would be to print out shelving or mounts at home. You could easily create jewelry that is one of a kind or produce quick toys for your kids or grandkids. Once you think of humanitarian uses for 3D printing, you will see the way that such a product has the potential to really change our world. If, for instance, volunteers had access to this technology at refugee camps, they could print out cots, plates, or even medical supplies as they needed them. This would allow them access to supplies on an unlimited basis and spare them from trying to route shipments around hostile locations. Education is another area that would benefit greatly from 3D printing technology. Art students could create sculptures from two-dimensional sketches and anatomy students could produce 3D models of the human body from textbooks. Think of how much easier it would be to understand physics or other abstract concepts if teachers could print out examples to illustrate important lessons.
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      Pros of 3D Printers
  • The Cons Imagining all of the good that rescuers or humanitarian aid workers could do with 3D printing is just as dramatic as thinking of all of the things that bad people could enact with this capability. For every volunteer whom you envision helping the sick, there is a dictator who would love to create more nefarious instruments at will. Already, a Texas company has embarked on distributing downloadable, free models for usable firearms online. The mission of this company is to make the free printing of firearms and bullets available to anyone in the world. This group all but admits that they are curious about sparking international revolutions with this technology. Such applications of 3D printing step around gun laws and could easily be extended to grenades or bombs or landmines…the problems go on and on. As with most new technology, 3D printing could change the world–for better or for worse. In the end, it is up to us to decide if we will use this technology to promote peace and goodwill or to start a war.
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      The Cons of 3D Printers
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