- Medical uses of 3D printing will have a huge positive impact on health care technology.
“Despite all the criticism, I would hope to be a part of the world with the medical model 3D printer that monitors and maintains one’s health.” – Tina Jing Ru Shen September 6, 2015 at 12:55 pm
- Before we move forward with the development of 3D printing technology, we should also be prepared for the potential negative consequences.
“Hopefully, our recycling capabilities will have made leap and bounds by then. If not, then I can only cringe at the thought of the mountains electronic waste.” – fc144563 September 7, 2015 at 5:38 pm
- As 3d printers become approachable and accessible to more consumers, we should also think about creating rules and regulations regarding the use of 3d printers.
“There are people who take what is given to them and misuse the product. Although not everyone abuses freedom when it’s handed to them, there are people out there that do.” – ac156517 September 8, 2015 at 12:45 pm
- 3d printers can also reduce the price of products that can be designed and made by 3d printing technology, by reducing the amount of labor each workers have to do to create the product.
“The waste of material and the cost due to unpractical design will be avoided. Most importantly, we can have a cheaper new IPhone or Samsung.” – Xin Lin September 15, 2015 at 9:05 pm
- We will easily be able to produce our own customer designed products that will fulfill our own needs.
“People would no longer have a ring that is similar to anyone else. For proposal, a man is able to get a ring for his wife that is always limited edition.” – Jia Jing Lei September 16, 2015 at 3:43 am
- Although the 3d computer softwares that are currently out in the market can be difficult and constrained for the general public users to use, it will become more attainable as the technology continues to improve.
“If I were the author I would highlight that “Solid modeling software isn’t capable of meeting the demands of this new and largely untapped design space. As 3D printing technologies continue to improve, traditional solid modeling will become out of date, a powerful but somewhat crude design tool.” I would bring it to the readers attention that programs like SketchUp and STL files are just a holdover for the new age of digital capture and programs like 123D.” – Brendan.lukas September 29, 2015 at 8:58 pm
- Sometimes, unbiased ideas suggested by children can be more brilliant and realistic.
“I find that children are the most impressionable and if introduced to this method at young ages, it may be more beneficial to them in the long run. The endlessness of a child’s imagination is never a thing to take for granted or waste, especially when it comes to the arts and engineering.” – Jewel Tolbert October 6, 2015 at 5:32 am
- Although advanced 3d printing technology allows us to create various objects, we should not try to solely rely on it as there are always pros and cons.
“I figure trying to create through manipulation complex drinks like sodas and juices would be somewhat difficult. Drinks that require distilling and refinement like alcoholic beverages would be even more complex I would think.” – br148591 October 6, 2015 at 11:04 pm
- Soon, in the near future, 3d printing technology may be developed to the point where the creators of 3d printers become 3d printers themselves and not human-beings anymore.
“This is much like humans, creating and producing other humans. Sooner than later, everything will be machine created and that will be a sight to see.” – Jewel Tolbert October 28, 2015 at 3:11 pm
- 3d printing will allow us to have more control over the materials we use for our products.
“We are approaching the second phase, where we have control over the materials that our products are composed of. As we experiment and combine raw materials in different ways, we are discovering new materials with never-before-seen properties.” – fc144563 October 28, 2015 at 3:53 pm
