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3D printing has been developed for rapid prototyping services primarily and they have saved companies massive amounts by making prototype manufacturing both quick and easy. Granted cheaper rapid prototyping services have meant that products make it to store shelves more quickly and perhaps at slightly lower prices but the benefit of 3D printing for most individuals has been limited.
Circuit boards keep on becoming cheaper to print but at the same time those used in high tech applications keep on becoming more complicated making them more expensive to print at the same time. For a high tech item that is going into mass production like a tablet computer the cost per unit isn’t very high, but on short runs the cost of custom circuit boards can be prohibitively high and this may be stifling innovation is small businesses and even research departments.
The uses for unmanned aerial vehicles are increasing all of the time:no longer are unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) limited to high tech drones used by the world’s most elite armed forces, they are increasingly being used by the police and even photographers.
It may look like a fancy doll’s house but the 3D model of Nathanial Page’s home is an educational tool and set to be used on the popular show ‘This Old House’.
Many People believe that to be developing the latest cutting edge technology you either need to be based in a University research center or better still one of the world’s big electronics companies’ research labs. The do it yourself technology fans spend their spare time designing and making high technology in the same way most of us might design and build a set of shelves.
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