3D printing, a revolution or a fad?

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A modern form of alchemy?

Is 3D printing just about gadgets?

Is 3D printing just about gadgets?

…but what if you could 3D print, say..

…but what if you could 3D print, say… TOYS

…but what if you could 3D print, say… FURNITURE

…but what if you could 3D print, say… SPARE PARTS

…and it gets better..

…and it gets better..

…and it gets better..

…and it gets better.. Watch it on:

…houses can be 3D printed..

…tailor made prosthetic..

…bones and human parts..

Why 3D printing is just a fad

#1 what about the copyrights?

#2 not much code to print useful stuff

#3 coding is still complicated

#4 even the largest 3D printers are limited

…although size is not an issue any longer

… but also silver, steel, nylon (polyamide), titanium, wax, …

#5 materials that can be used are not limitless…

Why 3D printing will become mainstream

#1 price is not an issue..

To put things in perspective

#2 nothing is impossible..

#3 a viable answer to waste problem..

#4 P2P and open source

#5 other trends reinforcing 3D printing adoption

Disintermediation

Resource scarcity

Peer-to-peer Do-it-yourself

Digitalization

Peak oil

sustainable copyrights

Enterprise 3D printing

Consumer 3D printing

3D Bioprinting

Gartner’s view

If what NASA is working on offers any guidance…

If what NASA is working on offers any guidance…

If what NASA is working on offers any guidance…

…what the near future looks like for 3D printing..

…first 3D printing shop in Belgium..

…3D printing communities

…wearable 3D printers..

…printing your food..

…next wave is for bioprinting

…4D printing (self-assembly)

“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions.” (A. Einstein)

…what would be the impact of 3D printing..

Does 3D printing prelude the end of industries?

Substractive manufacturing

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Units

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Variation

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Distance

Additive manufacturing

The paradigm shift…

Fast moving consumer goods

Transport & Logistics

(business) Services

Not all industries will be impacted

Entertainment

Hospitality

Education

Defe

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Machinery manufacturing Finance & insurance

Utilities

New industries

Faster innovation

Do-it-yourself

A new age of creative destruction?

Entrepreneurship

“The future can not be predicted, but it can be made !”

The sources of the pictures used in this presentation are mentioned in the notes of each slide

@fdemeyer

frederic@i4fi.com

fredericdemeyer.com

Instituteforfutureinsights

fdemeyer