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3D Printing Evolves to 4D: Here’s What We Know So Far

3D Printing Evolves to 4D: Here’s What We Know So Far | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
From www.makeuseof.com - May 24, 2016 11:30 AM

Surely you’ve heard of 3D printing, which is the printing of objects out of materials like plastic, concrete, and even steel. But did you know the technology has been around since the 1970s?


Or perhaps even more surprising is the fact that soon we will be progressing to the next stage of this technology: 4D printing.


It’s hard to believe the technology has been around that long, let alone that we’re naturally progressing to the next phase in its evolution, but it’s all true. So, what is 4D printing? And how is it different from 3D printing? We’ll break it down for you....

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If you thought 3D printing was awesome, then you're going to be blown away by 4D printing.

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GwynethJones's curator insight, May 24, 2016 8:07 PM

What, what!?

I'm still not sold on 3D but I'm excited to learn about 4D!
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3D 'bioprinting': 10 things you should know about how it works

3D 'bioprinting': 10 things you should know about how it works | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
From www.techrepublic.com - December 28, 2014 9:34 PM
The world of bioprinting is still very new and ambiguous. Many of the innovations have been driven by either companies like Organovo that focus on bioprinting or specific researchers at universities, like Dr. Anthony Atala at Wake Forest.

Confusion has swirled around 3D bioprinting. It can be a difficult concept to get your head around, and it has been misconstrued at times. Atala, for instance, was misrepresented in articles about a TED Talk he gave. The articles said he printed a functioning human kidney, when in reality, it was only a prototype.

To help clear things up, we've compiled a list of 10 things to get you up to speed -- or to at least help you figure out -- how bioprinting works and where it is headed in the near future.
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Using living cells to 3D print organs may sound far-fetched, but it's happening. Bioprinting is quickly gaining traction. Here's how it works.
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Doctor turns to 3D printers in a race to save a toddler's mind | The Verge

Doctor turns to 3D printers in a race to save a toddler's mind | The Verge | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
From www.theverge.com - September 3, 2014 6:32 PM

On a Tuesday last summer, Erin Mandeville was at a CVS buying medicine for her five-month-old baby, Gabriel. Close to 4PM, she noticed her infant’s eyes roll back in quick succession. It was the first of Gabriel’s many episodes of infantile spasms that would follow.


Spasms or epileptic seizures can be catastrophic for young children. Doctors at Boston Children’s Hospital tried every route and medicine to help Gabriel as his seizures progressed aggressively....


A hemispherectomy is "one of the most challenging operations in pediatric epilepsy surgery," says Dr. Joseph Madsen, director of the epilepsy program at Boston Children’s. A dress rehearsal is beneficial even for the most highly experienced surgeons. "This is a printed version that the surgeon can hold, cut, manipulate, and look for things," he says, holding Gabriel’s printed brain in his hand. For surgeons-in-training, the simulation is a blessing. "No one wants to be the first person to get a hemispherectomy from a surgeon, ever," he adds.


The 3D print of Gabriel’s brain was developed by the Simulator Program at the hospital. The model is printed in soft plastic with a precision of 16 microns per layer; blood vessels are set in contrast color for easier navigation. Gabriel’s parents were privy to the process and anticipated complications. Gabriel’s subsequent surgery earlier this year took close to 10 hours, and went according to plan....

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Heartwarming story and tech innovation.

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Pauline Kershaw's curator insight, September 4, 2014 4:01 AM

Read this story and research other uses for 3D printers to evaluate whether they are really worth bothering with. Bring Ideas to your next computing class.
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Custom 3D-printed kayak is a homemade work of art

Custom 3D-printed kayak is a homemade work of art | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
From m.cnet.com - March 21, 2014 11:37 AM

A specially modified home-built 3D printer cranks out an entire colorful kayak over the course of over 1,000 hours of printing time.


It took a lot of patience to print this kayak.


Jim Smith is an ambitious man. He not only built himself a large 3D printer, he also decided to have it make him a kayak. It appears to be the world's first 3D-printed kayak, and it's a stunner.


The kayak's multi-colored patchwork design looks like it would appeal to Colin Baker's version of "Doctor Who." The boat consists of 28 parts printed using ABS plastic. The materials to produce the nearly 17-foot-long kayak with a 6mm-thick hull cost around $500, according to Smith. The whole contraption weighs nearly 65 pounds, which is pretty much in line with the weight of a regular kayak....

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Creativity with your coffee... recommended reading for early adopters :-)

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How 3D Printing Will Disrupt Manufacturing - Digitalist Magazine

How 3D Printing Will Disrupt Manufacturing - Digitalist Magazine | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
From www.digitalistmag.com - September 19, 2015 4:55 AM

Manufacturers and suppliers up and down the value chain will be affected as the use of 3D printing expands over the next decade. As barriers to entry fall, smaller companies will challenge larger manufacturers with new business models that create a competitive advantage. To counter that, larger manufacturers should start preparing now with a situational assessment:Determine the drivers for 3D printing in your industry


Calculate the effects 3D printing could have on the supply chain, manufacturing, assembly, and other areas of the business.


Decide which components will benefit from being redesigned to take full advantage of additive manufacturing approaches.


Not every manufacturing application will be a fit, but companies need to build a strategy, find the sweet spots, and begin exploiting 3D printing within their own unique business contexts before the industry begins changing around them....

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Don’t dismiss it as a hobbyist’s obsession. Make it part of your business strategy.

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Jeff Domansky's curator insight, September 19, 2015 4:58 AM

Don’t dismiss it as a hobbyist’s obsession. Make it part of your business strategy.
Mike Allen's curator insight, September 24, 2015 9:30 AM

from ears and bras to nano-tech machines, 3D printing will transform business to allow mass customisation and destroy start-up barriers to ideas. However without marketing acumen,  finance and entrepreneurial character to grow the business, you may just make a better mousetrap which nobody wants.
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New 3D bioprinter to reproduce human organs, change the face of healthcare | TechRepublic

New 3D bioprinter to reproduce human organs, change the face of healthcare | TechRepublic | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
From www.techrepublic.com - December 28, 2014 9:29 PM

If you want to understand how close the medical community is to a quantum leap forward in 3D bioprinting, then you need to look at the work that one intern is doing this summer at the University of Louisville.

A team of doctors, researchers, technicians, and students at the Cardiovascular Innovation Institute (CII) on Muhammad Ali Boulevard in Louisville, Kentucky swarm around the BioAssembly Tool (BAT), a square black machine that's solid on the bottom and encased in glass on three sides on the top. There's a large stuffed animal bat sitting on the machine and a computer monitor on the side, showing magnified images of the biomaterial that the machine is printing....

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Researchers are only steps away from bioprinting tissues and organs to solve a myriad of injuries and illnesses. TechRepublic has the inside story of the new product accelerating the process.

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This 3D printer makes cookies, icing, and everything your sweet tooth desires

This 3D printer makes cookies, icing, and everything your sweet tooth desires | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
From www.digitaltrends.com - August 26, 2014 9:18 AM

We generally associate 3D printers with things made out of plastic (even though they can make everything from houses to cars), but this 3D printer, called Candy, makes sweets. Not just sweets either, but pretty much anything your sweet tooth desires, including cookies, icing for the top of cakes, and custom designed chocolates, too.


Candy takes 3D printing out of the workshop, and puts it in your kitchen right alongside your Nespresso machine. The latest in a string of 3D printers to hit crowd funding website Kickstarter, it’s described as the first affordable, food-specific model to hit the market. How affordable? It’s $500 if you get in on the limited early bird offer, or $600 if you miss out.


Designed in a non-threatening way, so it won’t look too out of place on your kitchen worktop, Candy has also been engineered to be very easy to live with and use. The body is made from fiberglass, making it light, and all the important components can be removed and cleaned as needed.


To use it, pour your choice of sugary goodness into the dispenser, load a recipe, and let the printer get to work. A regular 3D design of relative complexity, such as the Digital Trends image you see here, takes between five and 10 minutes to produce, but some can take even less....

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It prints what? How about eatable delights from chocolate, icing sugar, and more naughty-but-nice treats along with your jewelry, parts, more. I'm in!

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Looking Forward: How Will 3D Printing Affect Business and Marketing?

Looking Forward: How Will 3D Printing Affect Business and Marketing? | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
From smallbusiness.yahoo.com - April 6, 2013 9:26 AM

Technology could be entering a brave new world with the advent and adoption of 3D printers. The machines are highly versatile and their uses are only limited by our creativity. 3D printing is wowing entrepreneurs and enthusiasts because of its extreme flexibility.

 

It has applications for almost any industry or field. Matt Petronzio on Mashable has a wonderful write-up explaining just exactly what 3D printing is, as well as mentioning that by 2015 the market is expected to reach $3.7 billion, up from $1.7 million right now. Looks like there’s obviously a market here to take advantage of.

 

But how exactly could 3D printing help businesses and agencies reach consumers? I’ve got a few ideas. Printing to Reach Customers For businesses and agencies looking into the future, adopting 3D printing for marketing could very well be viable. If 3D printing becomes widespread and cheap enough for consumers to have their own printers, it will create an entirely new way to reach customers and fans of your products, brand, or business....

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Take a peek at what's on the marketing horizon. For many businesses 3-D printing could be a game changer.

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