This document discusses whether 3D printing is a revolution or a fad. It outlines how 3D printing could be used to print toys, furniture, spare parts, houses, prosthetics, and human organs. While some argue 3D printing is just a fad due to limitations like copyright and materials, the document argues that 3D printing will become mainstream due to decreasing prices, expanding capabilities, and its potential to address waste and scarcity issues. The future of 3D printing may include on-demand printing of goods, wearable printers, printed food, and advances like bioprinting and 4D printing.

1. 3D printing, a revolution or a fad?
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2. A modern form of alchemy?

3. Is 3D printing just about
gadgets?

4. Is 3D printing just about
gadgets?

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

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

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

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

9. …and it gets better..

10. …and it gets better..

11. …and it gets better..

12. …and it gets better.. Watch it on:

13. …houses can be 3D printed..

14. …tailor made prosthetic..

15. …bones and human parts..

16. Why 3D printing is just a
fad

17. #1 what about the
copyrights?

18. #2 not much code to print
useful stuff

19. #3 coding is still
complicated

20. #4 even the largest 3D
printers are limited

21. …although size is not an
issue any longer

22. … but also silver, steel, nylon (polyamide), titanium, wax, …
#5 materials that can be
used are not limitless…

23. Why 3D printing will
become mainstream

24. #1 price is not an issue..

25. To put things in perspective

26. #2 nothing is impossible..

27. #3 a viable answer to waste
problem..

28. #4 P2P and open source

29. #5 other trends reinforcing
3D printing adoption
Disintermediation
Resource scarcity
Peer-to-peerDo-it-yourself
Digitalization
Peak oil

30. sustainable
copyrights

31. Enterprise 3D printing
Consumer 3D printing
3D Bioprinting
Gartner’s view

32. If what NASA is working on
offers any guidance…

33. If what NASA is working on
offers any guidance…

34. If what NASA is working on
offers any guidance…

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

36. …first 3D printing shop in
Belgium..

37. …3D printing communities

38. …wearable 3D printers..

39. …printing your food..

40. …next wave is for
bioprinting

41. …4D printing (self-
assembly)

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

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

44. Does 3D printing prelude
the end of industries?

45. Substractive manufacturing
Cost
Units
Cost
Variation
Cost
Distance
Additive manufacturing
The paradigm shift…

46. Fast moving consumer goods
Transport & Logistics
(business) Services
Not all industries will be
impacted
Entertainment
Hospitality
Education
Defense
Machinery manufacturing Finance & insurance
Utilities

47. New industries
Faster innovation
Do-it-yourself
A new age of creative
destruction?
Entrepreneurship

48. “The future can not be predicted,
but it can be made !”
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frederic@i4fi.com
fredericdemeyer.com
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fdemeyer