Other future improvements and potential advantages related to the use of the planar and flexible paper-based platforms include e.g. the possibility to print potential antimicrobial agents on the wells prior to the biofilm formation experiments.
Representative statements from a family physician include the inclination to place the tablet on their office desk to replace their PC, and use it to print potential adverse effects from drugs for patients.
The real Iron Man suit weighs over 400 pounds, so 3D-printing potential gear is a faster, more cost-efficient way to determine if the design are feasible for the army.
Still, the iPhone holder Mr. Galvin made seemed to demonstrate 3-D printing's potential.
It's designed using a fractal algorithm, a mathematical formula that mimics patterns found in nature, and couldn't be made any other way – a perfect example of 3D printing's potential.
The results demonstrate TPU/MWCNT as an excellent piezoresistive feedstock for 3D printing with potential applications in wearable electronics, soft robotics, and prosthetics, where complex design, multi-directionality, and customizability are demanded.
Adidas's line of custom 3D sneakers are all you really need to know when it comes to 3D printing's potential as a manufacturing powerhouse.
"As the products rapidly mature, organisations will increasingly exploit 3D printing's potential in their laboratory, product development and manufacturing operations," he added.
Certainly 3D printing has potential benefits as Adidas and other shoe companies move to make their product more customizable — even if, at the moment, the 3D Runner is one-size-fits-all, so to speak.
Speaking more generally about 3D printing's potential, Bass noted that there's going to be a lot of activity that benefits startups and entrepreneurs in the industrial 3D printing market in the next few years, including examples like Cambrian Genomics, the California startup 3D printing DNA that stands as one of Bass' favorite examples of the new breed of brash, ambitious startups.
