3-D printing is quickly emerging as the next great disruptive technology for consumers and businesses across the globe.
In ‘3-D Printing,’ a devices manufactures, or ‘prints’ objects from the bottom up, one ultra-thin layer of material at a time. In the article “3-D Printing: The Next Disruptive Technology,” recent examples of its use include:
- NASA has successfully tested a part of a rocket engine made through 3-D printing, has plans to send a 3-D printer to the International Space Station in 2014 and is even working with a private company to 3-D print a pizza.
- Companies are developing ways to 3-D "bioprint" human tissue such as blood vessels and organs.
- A startup company in Missouri is developing ways to 3-D bioprint meat.
- A Dutch firm is in the process of 3-D printing an entire house
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