3D printing

 

Immersion 2015 is the Immersive Education Conference. This event occurs every tear at different countries. In 2015, Paris, France, was selected as the official site of Immersion 2015. If you click on Immesion 2015, you will be able to get more information about it.  This conference is to talk about the impacts of new technologies and anticipation of what to come. 

In this screenshot, it talks about details of what conference is about and the topics that will be covered. In this page, the past speakers, related Immersive Educatin resources and materials are also provided. My favorite topics are 3D printing, Wearable computing, affective computing, and telepresence. In this post, I will talk about 3D printing. 

3D printing is one of the greatest invention that will affect our lives incredibly. This screenshot shows the process of 3D printing. I don't know the technology part of 3D printing but the 3D printing works as the same way as click "print" on a scrrenshot of computer. And the product will come out, not in a piece of paper, but as a product. So How do this machine work? the program breaks the 3D image into thousands of horizontal layers, and each layer will be printed one at a time. 

People anticipate great benefits from 3D printing. One is the 3D print organs for transplant. In this screenshot, it shows the research toward printing a working human heart. This is going to help repair or replace damaged human organs and tissues, improve surgeries, and help people in dealing with a wide range of injuries and illness. Technology in medical field will grow incredibly. 

However, there is a downside to this 3D printing, The 3D print guns and weapons are mentioned as anticipated problems. If the 3D printing is publicized, people can easily obtain weapons for use and that will danger lives of people. There is an ethical issues and danges in use of 3D printing. 

This is a video of exbibition show of 3D printing in 2014. You will be able to see various types of 3D printings in this video. There are so many different types of 3D printings than you can imagine. You can also look at the amazing products of 3D printing from different printers. More information about this video can be learned in this video above.

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