Paper Content References
1) Pîrjan, A.; Petrosanu, D.M. (2013): The Impact of 3-D printing on the society and the economy. Journal of Information Systems & Operations Management 2013, 1-11. Retrieved February 12, 2016 from http://search.proquest.com.mutex.gmu.edu/pqrl/docview/1477205392/8A393B4ED31A4F9DPQ/1?accountid=14541
This database journal article’s theme is about the how 3-D printing technology evolved throughout the decades since it was first discovered, and its collateral, economic, political, social and moral impact on society. The article weighs the pros and cons of this advancement, and attempts to predict the effects of this technology in the near and far off future.
(2) Vasquez, M. (Aug. 2015). Embracing 3-D printing. Mechanical Engineering 137.8, 42-45. Retrieved on February 12, 2016 from http://search.proquest.com.mutex.gmu.edu/pqrl/docview/1700137900/591BC6F8F46D4912PQ/9?accountid=14541
This article goes over a brief historical account of 3-D printing, which was invented by scientist Chuck Hull and offers a broad view of the technology by taking the reader from its infancy stage to the more advanced stage that 3-D printing is today. It also talks about the current prohibitive costs of acquiring such technology and the limited as well as the future potential vast impact that it could have on society.
(3) Murphy, S.V; Atala, A. (Aug 2014). 3D bioprinting of tissues and organs.Nature Biotechnology 32.8 ,773-85. Retrieved on February 12, 2016 from http://search.proquest.com.mutex.gmu.edu/pqrl/docview/1551941052/591BC6F8F46D4912PQ/19?accountid=14541
This scholarly article delves on the impact of 3-D printing in the medical industry, more specifically the bioprinting of new organs and tissues from synthetic materials that could have the potential to greatly reduce the shortage of the donor organ industry, and as a side effect reduce the number of people considering on selling organs for profit. It also pieces over the theme of how biology and 3-D printing are interconnected to make this posible.
4) Giges. N.S. (September 2015). 3-D printing: compete or coexist? Retrieved on February 12, 2016 from https://www.asme.org/engineering-topics/articles/manufacturing-design/3d-printing-compete-or-coexist
This article explores the possibility of 3-D printing becoming of mainstream use to companies in mass, and stop being an isolated novel technology as it is currently being touted to be at the present time. It goes over the likelihood of the technology in ever making it to the public market, and explains why it is not being used widely right now by famous companies.
5) Mukherjee, S.Y. (May 23, 2013). The Five Most Promising Uses of 3D Printing In Medicine. Retrieved on February 12, 2016 from http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/05/23/2054281/promising-uses-3d-printing-medicine/
This article goes right into the practical effects of 3-D printing as opposed to the more theoretical impact of the previous 3-D bioprinting article. The effects explored are decreasing the donor shortage list, so less people feel compelled to donate, regulating diabetes, grafting skin onto burn victims, making prosthetic limbs look similar to the real ones, and addressing the dental health needs of poor Americans.
6) Ombatti, R. (December 30, 2014). Of feet, fleas and 3-D printing. Retrieved on February 12, 2016 from http://fablearn.stanford.edu/fellows/blog/feet-fleas-and-3d-printing
This article by a Phd student is a hypothetical proposal delving into his goal of aiming for a cure of jiggers, a parasite that goes inside the toe of victims without adequate food protection and lays eggs while destroying the toe, causing deformities and even death. His plan is to use 3-D printing to create low cost, customized medical shoes that are resistant to the bites of this organism.
7) Diamandis ,P. (May 26, 2015). Why 3-D printing a jet or a car is just the beginning. SingularityHub. Retrieved on February 12, 2016 from http://singularityhub.com/2015/05/26/why-3d-printing-a-jet-engine-or-car-is-just-the-beginning/
This article by the Singularity Hub online magazine aims to inform the reader about the raw impact that 3-d printing could have on society and shows the most breathtaking cases in the printing of rocket engines, jet engines, cars and even houses. It goes over the impact of printing in each of these categories. For example, for houses, a company in China is already taking advantage of the technology to build low-cost houses in record times.
8) Roubini, N. (March 07, 2015). Where will all the workers go? The Huffington Post. Retrieved on February 12, 2016 from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nouriel-roubini/digital-economy-jobs_b_6414046.html
This article from the Huffington Post explains the tricky situation of more jobs becoming automated than ever before, and how this effect is only going to grow exponentially when the potential of 3-D printing is more realized. The author informs how workers may need to adapt to the change in technology and be ever more willing to learn how to use it, if they want to remain in the upper bracket of the workforce.
9) Bass. C. (August 24, 2011). The past, present and future of 3-D printing. The Washington Post. Retrieved on February 12, 2016 from https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-innovations/the-past-present-and-future-of-3-d-printing/2011/08/21/gIQAg4fJZJ_story.html
This is an interview with the CEO of Autodesk Inc, a company that specializes in 3-d printing design and engineering software. He gives a straightforward explanation to the interviewer about the historical past, present and future of 3-D printing. Also, the CEO goes over in a nutshell what 3-D printing is all about so the lay person can understand and how it needs to be scaled to the needs of the consumer.
10) Lennings, L. (June 7, 2013). Digital manufacturing: 3-D printing and cnc machining. TCT Magazine. Retrieved on February 12, 2016 from http://www.tctmagazine.com/3D-printing-news/digital-manufacturing-3d-printing-and-cnc-machining/
This article is a comparison between the new lauded, but unproven 3-D printing technology and the already proven, workhorse, but limited technology of CNC machining. It goes on to explain how these two are different as well as how they are similar and the positive and negative aspects of each. For now, CNC machining is here to stay, and it is doubtful that it will ever completely cease to exist, even when 3-d printing is in full bloom.
11) Coraggio, G. (September 7, 2015). Top 3 legal issues of 3-d printing. [Web log post]. Retrieved on February 23, 2016 from https://www.technologyslegaledge.com/2015/09/top-3-legal-issues-of-3d-printing/
This is a legal themed article with an emphasis on the legal repercussions that 3-d printing will carry. The issues explored include the argument that 3-d printing will encourage lay consumers to pirate the products of other companies, the liability of the technology if an accident happens to the buyer, and the issue on whether exact replicas of an original model is a breach of privacy.
12) Gilpin, L. (March 5, 2014). The dark side of 3-d printing: 10 things to watch. TechRepublic. Retrieved on February 23, 2016 from http://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-dark-side-of-3d-printing-10-things-to-watch/
This article by the newsletter TechRepublic makes it a point to bring to light the dark, negative of 3-d printing, an often unexplored topic of any novel technology, but a crucial one nonetheless. These include the question of 3-D printing being energy hogs, giving out unhealthy air emissions, its over reliance on using plastic material, the loopholes on printed gun regulation and the problem on manufacturer liability.
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30 Wonders of the World (n.d.). Free JGP Image. Retrieved April 4, 2016 from https://all3dp.com/30-wonders-of-the-world/"
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This picture is related to the introduction becuase it foreshadows a picture of all the capabilities that a 3-D printer could eventually achieve in a future context. 3-D printer nowadays are capable of printing car prototypes, bycicle helmets and even entire homes! This is but a glimpse of what the printer will be able to do in the future.
For New Technologies.(2014, November 24). Free JPG Image Image. Retrieved March 31, 2016 from http://metlabs.com
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This digital image shows the viewer everything that a 3-D printer is able to perform and also its elegant nature in creating objects in just one picture. The various colored toy groups represent objedts that could one day be made in real life; these include according to the image: a plane, a piggy bank, a high tower and a rocket ship. It would be amazing if all these objects were to be actually created and by the looks of it, we are not too far as prototype cars and homes are already being built.
Making Pizza with 3D Printers. (2013, May 25). Free JPG Image. Retrieved March 31, 2016 from http://practicallyserious.com
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This is a rather lively image of a 3-D printer producing a pizza slice out of thin air (not exactly). 3-D printers will be able to do more than create prototypes; researchers are already considering the thought of making food such as this pizza slice out of the polyester plactic used as the printer's main fuel material.
Economic Aspects of Additive Manufacturing. (2015, March 20). Free JPG Image. Retrieved March 31, 2016 from http://insidemetaladditivemanufacturing.com
This image shows a comparison chart diving the advantages and disadvantages of additive manufacturing-the bare foundation on which 3-D printing was build having its origins in the 1980s. Some of the advantages include dramatically lowered assembly work and a greater saving of resources while some of its disadvantages are cost and and inflexibility of design compared to the CNC machine explained in the text.
3D Printing. (2009, December 6). Free JPG Image. Retrieved April 4, 2016 from http://3dprinting.wikidot.com/"
Permission source: http://www.wikidot.com/legal:terms-of-serviceThis picture related to the section below in that many physicial objects not previously thought of before can be potentially copied by the 2-D printer including keys, guns and firearms. This poses a serious threat around the world as undoubtedly there will be certain populations that will try to break the established laws and take advantage of this technology.
Personal 3D Printing Entering a New Phase of Evolution (2013, November 25). Free JPG Image. Retrieved March 31, 2016 from http://prweb.com
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This digial picture shoes a projected bar graph of the total 3-D printed market vs. the years passed from 2013 to a projected 2017 timeframe. The graph shows that the 3D market is growing very gradually, although it is still in its very slow stages. However, despite the technology's early beginnings, its future seems bright in the long-term.
Giant 3D printer could build homes in under a day. (2014, January 16). Free JPG Image. Retrieved March 31, 2016 from http://it.org
THis digital image displays a larger than life sized 3-D printer building a house in the further required research section. Currently, 3-D printed houses are being made in a sector of China with a very affordable price of $5,000, however very few people have come to know of their existence. It is likely that in the next upcoming years, more public marketing will bring to light this new technology.
Additional tile libraries to use with Makazia. (2015). Free JPG Image. Retrieved April 4, 2016 from http://www.mazaika.com/mazdownload.html
This colorful picture of different types of flowers is a type of analogy used for the various types of social problems that will be encountered in the future when the printer technology is more advanced. Social problems today include potentially displacing workers with obsolete work skillsets and altering the way companies create products.
Hammer law. (n.d.). Free JPG Image. Retrieved April 4, 2016 from http://backgroundimages.eu/isolation/hammer-law.jpg.php
This image of the hammer of the law looked fit to appear on the Legal and Ethical issues webpage since various legal and ethical issues are already taking place currently; for instance the question on whom the liability is placed on whenever a customer injures himself with a 3-D printed bought object, is it his or the company's responsibility to pay for the damages
Cabrera, L. The Impact of 3-D Printing on Society. (March 21, 2016). MP4 Video. Retrieved April 4, 2016 from file:///C:/Users/martin/Desktop/video2.html
This video is an MP4 custom made powerpoint of a 1 and a half minute length. It is a resume of the research paper put in video form with several of its passages changed and ommited for brevity and a better understanding for the viewer of the material. The video includes all the sections of the research paper including, introduction, body and conclusion.
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