In ten years I hope we will be regularly printing organs and limbs
In ten years I hope we will be regularly printing organs and limbs
Fast and full color.
Without a doubt it my mind, organs. There are already many advances headed that direction, even some already being printed. Given time research and money it will be done.
scan your body, print armor. in space.
I think we would be able to print almost everything with every year new technology grows by leaps and bounds so who really know what we will be printing 10 years from now maybe the world would be like Star Trek
Space colonies
In 10 years, humans will most probably be able to print whole limbs on bioprinters, or maybe even living creatures! (judging by the rate we're moving at)
custom fitted gear. taken to the extreme this will be implants
Fine multi-material variable property fabrics on the small scale, entire buildings printed with all the functional elements integrated in a single print on the large scale. Entire cars and airplanes could be 3d printed, maybe that is a bit too optimistic for 10 years down the line :)
Everything would be responsive to data from the environment and from human bodies as well.
Two very important categories, tissue and metal.
Both are under development but still very far from being truly practical. So this includes skin grafts, organs, high quality metal parts at home, PCBs and integrated circuits
The sky is the limit but I see the most promise lying in the field of medical technology and being able to print customized replacement parts for human beings.
Vehicles including airborne land and sea, engines, electronics and everything. Also living spaces.
The same stuff we are today, everything we can.
Airplanes and space veichles, with advanced molten metal 3D printer unaffected by the porosity of SLS printed parts.
Hopefully replacement organs, the use of 3d printing in the medical field looks promising! I feel that in ten years there will be far more 3d printers in the household. So a site like amazon where you just pay for what you want and print it is what I expect to see in ten years.
The ability to print organics directly onto a receiving surface. For example, one loses a hand in some sort of accident; medical personnel are brought in with a printer, sample the patients tissue and print a new hand right on the wrist using genetically compatible materials.
I think medical will be huge first. custom splints, braces, (replacement parts is so strange to think about). Dentistry - think invisiline. manufacturing - replacement part models will be sold in place of huge warehouse of car/appliance/electronic part. integrated electronic components.
We will be printing in multi metals at home.
Big box stores will have a area for 3d printers.
And in 40 years nano tech will start to replace 3d printers but I still conceded that a printer, eather way its past the singularity.
In 10 years 3D printers will be pretty common in all types of professional settings and also some homes. The continued increase in computer processing power will allow their regular use beyond prototyping and specialty manufacture in applications such as data visualization and image representation.
Regarding home use, I believe that Food 3D Printing could very well become the "killer app" (to borrow from Hod Lipson). The current food trends such as customization, indulgence, and return to "real" food will converge with the mega trends like social media and the app economy to results in new appliances leveraging the technology we currently call "3D Printing" but may be branded differently. Current if early examples of this include the Foodini (http://www.food-fabbing.com/blog/foo...od-3d-printer/) and the ChocaByte (http://www.food-fabbing.com/3dp/choc...te-3d-printer/).
fully assembled functional electronic gadgets
10 years? Without a doubt they will be as ubiquitous as tablesaws. Maybe not as present as 2D printers, but without a doubt they will be in many more people's garages. And hopefully cheaper to run.
I would like to see a 6-axis 3D printer one of these days, it's already been done with a CNC machine, why not a 3D printer yet.
I believe that at that time we will have a wall panel next to our closet and on it we will put in the outfit we want to wear for the day and a printer inside the closet will make the clothes from scratch in a minute and at the end of the day you just throw out the clothes you wore that day and the device will take it apart for use again in the future.
One word: Cyborgs
Hopefully replacing the need for people to go get everything at stores and custom made to them.
The commercial 3D printing industry will surely outpace the at home 3D printing industry. Advanced tech costs. Home printers will always be around and they will improve. Makers will have the ability to create some amazing things off of a single print with multiple materials. However commercially, I expect 3D printing will be integrated into many industries. Sometimes as rapid prototyping tools, but I expect 3D printers to be used for more traditional manufacturing more frequently as well in the future.
Amazon took a Walmart type shopping experience online and then distributed it (they use dropship facilities across the world to be able to ship shorter distances and deliver faster). I expect the same thing will be done with manufacturing (to an extent) -- possibly by Amazon again.
I also foresee 3D printing becoming integral to the classroom for sciences and probably integral to a school in general for teaching materials.
contact lenses, car parts, jewelry, toys, art.
Q: What do you think we will be 3D printing in 10 years?
A: This question is really broad, because the term 'everything' fits it so well. I think by 2024 food printing/extrusion will be a regular thing. People are lazy and tend to want great things with little effort & to do it without having to leave the house. Once food printing gets refined I think 'little Suzy's' birthday cake is going to frosted and decorated by a machine. Then there's the fact that the microwave has been a key utensil in just about everyone's home. I believe once an effective method develops for printing 'hot' food items the world will have a new key utensil for home cooking (the lazy way).
I like to be realistic about these things and so I often miss the boat when it comes to the future of technology. But in this case I think the sky is the limit. The technology has improved so quickly and the prices have dropped so dramatically that it is completely within reason that many homes will have this technology in the next 5-10 years. The software is getting better and the ability to scan and print in a single machine makes it possible for novices to make simple objects with little knowledge. I think further advancement in materials and technology and products for printing that we will see a true consumer factory at home possible.
Bows and arrows as we will need to hunt for our food once again when the world crashes to pieces as it is going now!
Parts to repair our wind generators to make the power we need to run our 3d printers!
Really though, as fast as the world is changing and new stuff is developed there is no telling what we will be building and needing in 10 years!
We may be printing our own cell phones, tires for our cars, suits for space travel, who knows what the future holds?
As better 3D printers and filaments emerge and printers get larger and faster we may be printing our own wind generators and solar panels, using lead and lead oxides to print our own lead acid batteries etc... to power our own homes as needed.
What do you think we will be 3D printing in 10 years?
In 10 year, I think we would be printing custom gear that people could wear, crazy nanotechnologies, bones, and organs.
Smart cities is a hot topic. 3D printing is a vital tool that will address city issues of housing and mobility.
Just about everything except the filaments that are made in a bioreactor, which is printed though. Looks bad for big production facilities as we know them. Everything will be customized for individual needs.
Human skin, for burn patients.
I think 3D printed houses will be an ordinary sight.
More cool stuff, maybe even things made of metal
FDM will probably seem primitive, like floppy disks seem to us today.
Even SLS will seem too cumbersome, as some new tech will probably conquer the market with simplicity, cost effectiveness and ability.
We'll probably see printers everywhere, too, like photo print shops were some 5-10 years ago. In many more homes too, especially if some major breakthrough with 3D modeling makes it more intuitive and easy to create in 3D.
faster printing. metal filament. may be even bio printer.
I think the average person will be printing out objects that they use every day without thinking about it. You will see popular models being printed by the millions and will see trends sweep across the world. There will be fashion accessories, improvements to vehicles and other equipment.