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IoT is here to stay and expand. Many new utilities with rich functionality can be built that
                 will revolutionise our lives. Think of driverless cars and an automatically managed traffic

                 system using IoT sensors, which result in fewer accidents. Truly, in the world of IoT, only
                 our imagination is our ultimate limit.



                  3D Printing                                                                                               LATEST TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS


                 3D Printing or 3-Dimensional Printing is a technology which was
                 first  developed  at  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology

                 (MIT)  in  the  1980s.  It  is  the  process  of  making  a  physical
                 object from a digital design. In this technology, we use the 3D
                 digital  data  on  the  computer  to  build  3D  objects  by  adding

                 layers of material which could be polymers, metals, concrete               3D Printing Technology
                 or even plant and human tissue. 3D Printing helps to bridge the gap between ideas and                    11
                 images  on a  page  or screen and the  creation of those  ideas/images  in the  physical

                 3-Dimensional world.

                 The major applications of 3D Printing are:

                 •  Education:  It is widely  used in the  education sector.  It
                   prepares the students for their future by allowing them to

                   create prototypes  without tooling and  extensive work. It
                   helps the students to design and produce models they can

                   hold and feel.                                                            3D Printing in Education


                                         •  Rapid  Prototyping  (RP)  Method: It is used to create models to

                                           quickly test a new product before mass production. 3D Printing can

                                           be termed as a RP method.


                      3D Prototype

                 •  Medicine:  In the  last  several years,  3D Printing  applications

                   have increased manifold in  the world  of medicine.  They  range
                   from bioprinting—where biological materials like cells and growth
                   factors  are fused to create  tissue-like  structures  replicating

                   their  natural  equivalents—to  medical  devices  like  prosthetics.        3D Printed Equipments
                   With 3D Printing, prosthetics can be modeled, customised, and

                   printed at lower cost quickly.
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