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IoT is here to stay and expand. Many new utilities with rich functionality can be built which will
                  revolutionize our lives. Think of driverless cars and an automatically managed traffic system using
                  IoT sensors, which result in zero accidents. Truly, in the world of IoT, only our imagination is our
                  ultimate limit.




                             3D PRINTING

                  3D Printing or 3-Dimensional Printing is a technology that was

                  first developed at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in
                  the 1980s. It is the process of making a physical object from a
                  three-dimensional physical model. 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 or
                  even plant and human tissue. 3D Printing helps bridge the gap               3D Printing technology
                  between ideas and 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 design and produce models they can hold and feel.
                                            Rapid Prototyping  (RP) Method: It is
                                            used  to create  models  to quickly  test  a      3D Printing in Education

                                            new product before mass production. 3D Printing can be termed as an
                                            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.  With  3D
                      Printing, prosthetics can be modeled, customized and printed at lower       3D Printed equipments
                      costs and quickly.




                                               Construction: It is  widely  used  in the construction industry;  model
                                               houses can be built in a day using 3D Printing.

                    3D Model for house




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