3d printing Applications in the 4th Industrial Revolution

Automotive Strati, the first 3D-printed car. from Local Motors Detroit. www.localmotors.com Retail purchase will be available late in 2016 Engineering & Manufacture 3D printers allow fast creation of prototypes, models and bespoke products out of materials such as plastics and metals. This allows a faster route to market in the design and development of new products.

Archaeology 3D scanning and 3D printing can help archaeologists, curators, museums and enthusiasts to maintain their collection, to restore it, or to duplicate art pieces and historic artifacts.

These technologies also allow to study each piece with an unprecedented level of details.

Finally, 3D printing can have an educational role by facilitating the access to historical objects and introducing some fun in the experience.

Art Design in geometries unheard of. 3D printing impacts Sculpture; Masterpiece reproduction; Interior Design; Stop Animation ; Garments; Jewelry; Food Surgical; Medical; Dental 3D Printing allows surgeons to plan surgery; Dentists to make new teeth; Medical to create bespoke prosthetics and replacement limbs. The advances in materials 3D Printed means doctors will be able to 3D print using Biomaterials to replace tissue

UPS recently invested heavily in a 3D printing services company called CloudDDM, who set up a large bank of about a hundred industrial 3D printers The workflow is pretty simple, a company offers 3D printable products, or products that need light assembly with 3D printable components. When a customer places an order, it is sent over to UPS and any parts that need to be 3D printed are sent directly to CloudDDM. Once the product is printed and assembled, it is shipped out to the customer.

Space The world’s first Zero-Gravity 3D Printer has completed its initial task. Fourteen unique objects have now been additively manufactured on the International Space Station as part of the “3D Printing in Zero-Gravity Technology Demonstration.” 2016 www.madeinspace.us/

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Aerospace: GE has announced that it plans to produce 100,000 3D printed components for its GE9X and Leap jet engines. (2013) Rolls-Royce is preparing to flight test one of its jet engines fitted with what the company says is the largest component ever built using ALM. The Derby-based business has produced a 150cm diameter, 50cm thick – about the size of a tractor wheel – bearing for one its XWB engines which houses 48 titanium aerofoils using the technique.

Construction A Chinese construction company is building houses that can be massproduced using a 3D printer. Using a mixture of cement and construction waste, the houses can be produced for under $5,000 (£2,970). The walls and structure of the house are printed layer by layer using a process that allows up to 10 complete houses to be printed in one day (2014)

Architects Forward-thinking Architect designers are using 3D printing to blow architecture wide open

THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION The Fourth Industrial Revolution Lord Baker, is calling for extreme and radical action to prepare our young people for the workplace and what is described as the next industrial revolution in a new report published in May 2016..

His Report "The Digital Revolution" was prompted by the Bank of England's recent prediction that up to 15 million UK jobs are at risk of automation right across the UK economy including "pen pushing" professions such as law and accountancy.

Lord Baker's paper suggests an eight-point plan which includes the provision of 3D printers and CAD design software for all primary schools in the UK, reintroducing young apprenticeships at the earliest age of 14, blending a core academic curriculum with a day a week of technical learning and regular work experience and letting young people take computer science or design and technology instead of a foreign language GCSE.

Lord Baker says: 'The economy is changing at an unprecedented pace. Every day, jobs are being lost in professions we used to regard as careers for life. Artificial intelligence, robots, 3D printing and driverless vehicles will impact on sectors as varied as the legal profession, transport and construction.

'The UK's future workforce will need technical expertise in areas such as design and computing, plus skills which robots cannot replace - flexibility, empathy, creativity and enterprise.

'Right now, this thinking is almost entirely absent from the core curriculum in mainstream schools.

'In the Digital Revolution, knowledge is as necessary as ever, but it is not enough. It has to be connected with the real world through practical applications ranging from engineering and IT to the performing, creative and culinary arts.

'We should not go back to a 19th century diet of academic subjects for all. We need 21stcentury education for a 21st century economy.'

Lord Baker has set out an eight-point education plan which responds to the digital revolution: PRIMARY SCHOOLS SHOULD BRING IN OUTSIDE EXPERTS TO TEACH CODING ALL PRIMARIES SHOULD HAVE 3D PRINTERS AND THE CAD DESIGN SOFTWARE TO SUPPORT THEM SECONDARY SCHOOLS SHOULD BE ABLE TO TEACH COMPUTER SCIENCE, DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY OR ANOTHER TECHNICAL/PRACTICAL SUBJECT IN PLACE OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE GCS THE COMPUTER SCIENCE GCSE SHOULD BE TAKEN BY AT LEAST HALF OF ALL 16 YEAR OLD YOUNG APPRENTICESHIPS SHOULD BE REINTRODUCED AT 14, BLENDING A CORE ACADEMIC CURRICULUM WITH HANDS-ON LEARNING ALL STUDENTS SHOULD LEARN HOW BUSINESSES WORK, WITH SCHOOLS LINKED TO LOCAL EMPLOYERS SCHOOLS SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO DEVELOP A TECHNICAL STREAM FROM 14-18 FOR SOME STUDENTS, COVERING ENTERPRISE, HEALTH, DESIGN AND HANDS-ON SKILLS UNIVERSITIES SHOULD PROVIDE PART-TIME COURSES FOR APPRENTICES TO GET FOUNDATION AND HONOURS DEGREES.