This is a 3D Printing Assessment for my studies

1. Technology Influencing Society
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2. 
 Introduction
 Types of 3D Printers
 Some Areas Affecting
Society
 Conclusion
Agenda
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3. 
 Poll
 How many know?
 How did you hear
about it?
 Broad strokes stories
3D Printing
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4. 
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Introduction
 What is it?
3D Printing
(Additive Manufacturing)

5. 
 Extrusion
 Polymer material flows through extrusion nozzle that heats
and melts material
 Granular
 Uses thermo plastics, metal powders & ceramic powder
 Fuses parts of material on bed layer and continues until
built
 Photo-polymerisation
 Uses liquid polymer
 Sits in vat where light is used to harden the liquid polymer
Types
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6. 
 Healthcare
 Manufacturing
 Food
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Some Industries

7. 
 Regenerative Medicine (3D Bio Printing)
 1st Area is in human embryotic stem cells
 University of Edinburgh – created tissues and organs
 2nd Area is in blood vessel and heart tissue
 University of Missouri – “beating” heart
 3rd Area is in bone and cartilage
 Washington State University – bone
 Wake Forest Institute - cartilage
Healthcare
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8. 
 Already in use by
 Business -
production scale
 Individuals - craft
items and sculptures
Manufacturing
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9. 
Food
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10. 
“Fifty years hence, we
shall escape the
absurdity of growing a
whole chicken to eat the
breast or wing, by
growing these parts
separately under a
suitable medium.”
Winston Churchill
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11. 
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Hamburger principle
Feed
Water
Land
CO2
 3 kg/6.7 lbs
 2,271 L/600 gal
 6.97 m2/75 ft2
 6.08 kg/13.4 lbs

12. 
 Tested edible food
parts
 TED talk
 Working with chefs on
texture and flavour
Organovo
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13. 
 US$1200 at Staples
 US$200 kits
 Emerging technology
 Scanning
 Recycling e.g. Filabot
Conclusion
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14. 
 Healthcare
 Transplant and reduction in
animal testing
 Manufacturing
 Replacement of tools and R & D
 Food
 Reduction in feed, land, water
and CO2
Potential Benefits
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15. 
 Jobs
 Thomas Frey predicts 2 billion jobs by 2030
 Roughly 50% of jobs on planet
 Cites 3D printers
 Skills
 Skills lost
 Industry reshaping
 E.g. Print media
Potential Harm
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16. 
Question Time
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