Emily Pacheco

Block 3
10-15-15

3D Printing has been the discussion of many fronts including the gun control agenda. It
has since expanded into many fields of interests for its innovation in manufacturing goods once
thought to only have been achieved through a specified means of production. The tailoring
services used in the haute couture fashion industry provide an example of such. Once again, it
seems that technology has made it quite possible for the once impossible to happen. Third
dimensional printing offers much needed hope for the future in terms of research and
development of not only products, but of possibilities in science. This is done so with
computerized virtual design and three different ways of printing known as Stereolithography
(SLA), Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), and Selective Laser Sintering (SLS).
The goal of the future has always been to advance, at least to be able to do so much
further than the previous and current generations. On a whole, human beings have been able to
achieve such, as with the invention of the improvements in sanitation, telecommunications
system, and infrastructure to name a few. Great civilizations and societies have been built upon
human developments particularly resulting from great ideas. These ideas are greater than ever
despite the fact that the propelled notion of nonsensical riff raff predominantly fills the air. But,
looking beyond the peddling of the corporately controlled mainstream media lays the true
inventors of humanitys tomorrow and the many other tomorrows to comethe alternative
sources of energy waiting to be given a chance at equal footing for use.
Third dimensional printing also referred to, as 3D Printing is one such alternative source.
It is able to function or operate with computer software using virtual design known as Computer
Aided Design or (CAD) for short. Here the developer can make the design of their choice.
Anything from a firearm to a dress has been successfully manufactured through the aid of
additional steps like Stereolithography (SLA), Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM), and Selective
Laser Sintering (SLS). 3D Printing works on the process of layering thin slices of material on top
of each other. Whether it is plastic or metal the process for doing such happens as one chooses
the design to look like. Much recent research has suggested that organ transplants can be
performed with 3D Printing bringing about much needed life-saving technology.
In sum, third dimensional printing offers much needed hope for the future in terms of
research and development of not only products, but of possibilities in science. This is done so
with computerized virtual design and three different ways of printing known as Stereolithography
(SLA), Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) and Selective Laser Sintering (SLS). The future of
science and technology has not only brought about 3D printing but a new means of performing
tasks once thought to have been impossible. This brings about a brighter chance in a positive
direction for humanitys tomorrows.