Thursday, March 12, 2015

3D Printing

An immersive education summit is an event that take place ever year in different parts of the world. This year, in 2015 it is taking place in Paris, France. Immersion 2015 is a conference like event that will include many famous speakers. These speakers include: Walt Disney, Microsoft, Google, The Smithsonian Institution, and other world- class organizations. The topic that will be presented at this event include: holograms, 3D Printing, game-based learning, virtual reality and personal robotics. For more information on Immersion 2015, held in Paris this year please visit this website: Click Here!





3d Printing is a very complex and complicated innovative process that could possibly change technology forever. First you must select an image that you would like to become 3D. Then a computer scans the image in three dimensions. The program that is used then cuts the file into layer upon layer of two dimensional images. These layers are put together to make the image three dimensional. The final product makes the layers undetectable by the end of the process.


3D Printing is an amazing thing, but it is not very affordable. First of all if you want a 3D printer in your home it costs up to $200,000. Some offices use 3D printing, warehouses use them for mass production. This is very new technology that I feel will be very useful in the future.


Something I find very cool that we use for 3D printing is that it's use to make prosthetic limbs. I recently read an article about a dog who was born without two front limbs. It initially used a wheelchair, but they created prosthetic limbs using 3D Printing. 3D Printing has also been used to give an Eagle a new beak so it can survive. I think they can use this type of 3D printing in such an amazing way.


Here is an image of Derby and his new legs!

Here's a cool video of a 3D Printer in action!

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