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iTech Review: Incredible 3D Printing Advances

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While 3D printing intrigued many several years ago, there is a sudden boom in the use 3D printing brings to businesses. While artists played with the new technology to create objects and test the boundaries of the printers, savvy businesses followed suit and have incorporated it into products and initiatives that will lead the way for many others to follow.

A recent article in Creativity magazine spotlights a few uses business have found for profiting from 3D printing. By now, you’ve seen the numerous ads from firms making “action figures” from consumer’s faces, but, as seen on the video for storing and printing your easily lost keys, people are starting to see how 3D printing is commercially viable through the internet.

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Even 3D printing booths will be a fixture at malls soon, allowing people to take a break from shopping and create 3D figures of themselves. Even ebay and Nokia are offering 3D printing services for customized products, such as cell phone cases.

How to Print 3D

Here’s a video that outlines the basic process of 3D printing…

Some Incredible Uses of 3D Printing

Printing food…

Bioprinting…

Full color 3D printing…

3D Printed cars…

3D printed firearms…

3D printed hamburgers, and houses…

3D printed humans…

3D Printing Tutorial

Here’s a four-part tutorial to get you familiar with the 3D printing process…

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