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3D Printer 15215997Hung Suet Ying,

Shirley 15218112Ng Sin Nga, Katti

Content

ConclusionSurvey & AnalysisApplicationsMind mapIntroduction

to 3D printers

Introduction

● 3D printer a type of industrial robot● used to synthesize a three-dimensional object● objects can be of almost any shape or geometry

● Getting more and more popular● Many companies provide the 3D printing service for customers (eg. Designing, Printing and Original Equipment Manufacturing)

Background Information

Background Information

A New printing method●CLIP technology up to 100 times faster than existing 3-D printers new way of 3-D manufacturing introduced by a company called Carbon3D

using a broad range of materialsthe shapes of the objects are more complex

Video

Mind map

ApplicationsFrom the medical aspectsprinting blood vessels & heart issueprinting skinpatching a broken heartprinting cartilage & boneStudying cancer with printed cellsprinting human embryonic stem cells

From the fashion aspectsprinting clothing

From the music aspectsprinting guitar

For the superior goodsprinting carsprinting jewellery

For the foodprinting chocolate

The cost using 3D printer

For home use● Less than US$500

Commercial and Industrial use● Around US$10000-20000● Some even cost US$50000

The materials for making products● Metals (1)steel (2)titanium (3)Gold

● Plastic

● Glass

● Nylon

● Ceramic

The advantage of using 3D printing

● increase innovation● improve communication● speed time in market● reduce developmental cost● better design for the product● tailor-made for customers

The disadvantages of using 3D printer

● the size of the product is usually small● limited options for choosing materials● may lead to unemployment● more technical jobs are needed

Online survey

● Target: general public

● Information: Opinions on 3D printers

● Site of survey: http://goo.gl/forms/vBExAoHeb9

Survey Questions

Survey Questions

Survey Analysis

Yes; 22

No; 5

Do you know any about 3D printer?

From the data, we see that only 5 of them do not know any about 3D printer, and other 22 people know it. We can see that 3D printer is known by many people. More and more industries and households may use 3D printer for production or self-consumption.

Survey Analysis

From the people who know 3D printer, most of them know it through newspaper and the second option is Internet. And the least common ways to know 3D printer is reading books and others, no one choose this two options.

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How do you know 3D printer?

TV programmes Newspaper InternetMagazines Social Networking Sites BooksOthers

Survey Analysis

For the people who know 3D printer, only 2 of them think that 3D printer will not popular in the future. For the people who do not know 3D printer, all of them think 3D printer will popular in the future.

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Do you think 3D printers will become popu-lar in the future? (For people who know 3D

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Do you think 3D printer will become popular in the future?(For people who do not know 3D printer)

Survey Analysis

Most of them are not interested in buying 3D printer, the reason that they do not want to buy is the choice of materials is limited and the size of machine is large. This two choices have nearly 70% of respondents agree. And there are only a few people who choose the dimensions of the product may not be accurate, most of them disagree with this choice

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Are you interested in buying a 3D printer?(For people who do not know 3D printer)

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What is the reason for not buying a 3D printer?

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Survey Analysis

Most of the respondents think 3D printers are not quite important to their life since many of them choose 3 or 4 when we asked for the importance of 3D printer to your life.

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How important is 3D printer to your dailylife?(1-most important 5-least important)

Conclusion

●With the technology advancement, printer is not only use for printing the documents, we can even print 3D objects

●Through the Internet and TV programme, more people know what is 3D printing

●When the time passes, a company has already introduced a new technology for 3D printing which makes the speed of printing faster

Job distribution list

Mind map • Hung Suet Ying• Ng Sin Nga

Data Collection • Hung Suet Ying• Ng Sin Nga

Survey • Hung Suet Ying• Ng Sin Nga

Survey Analysis • Hung Suet Ying• Ng Sin Nga

References

●1.Rising from the ooze, available at The Economistshttp://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21646537-quicker-way-print-objects-rising-ooze

●2.Advantage and disadvantage of 3D printing technology(argumentative, research essay), available at Essay Forumhttp://www.essayforum.com/writing/advantage-disadvantage-printing-technology-50228/

●3. 7 Cool Uses of 3D Printing in Medicine, available at Live Sciencehttp://www.livescience.com/26853-3d-printing-medicine.html

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