3D Printingo The application of 3D printing

o People’s understanding on 3D printing

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14214717 Patrick CHEUNG

14219271 Naomi CHEUK

14252546 Sophia WANG

14222485 Sonia YU

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Publication Date:2012 to present

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Introduction

Brief history

invented by Charles Hull

in 1984

Application

Medical field

Food industry

Case studies for designers

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SURVEY RESULTSQ1: Have you heard of 3D printing?

Q2: How old are you?

Most people have heard of 3D printing which implies

that 3D printing is quite famous nowadays, especially

among teenagers and people in employment.

87%

13%

Yes

No

19%

38%

33%

10%Below 18

18-30

31-50

Over 50

SURVEY RESULTSQ3: When did you hear about 3D printing?

2014 2013 2012 2011 2010Before 2010

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Q3 ANALYSIS

•However, we can see that only less than 20% heard

about 3D printing before 2010, and most of them

heard about it in 2012 and 2013. Although 3D printing

is developed in early years, it became popular among

public within these few years only.

SURVEY RESULTS Q5: Have you ever heard of any applications of 3D printing?

Few90%

None5%

Many5%

•But most of them know

few applications of it.

Although many people

said they heard of 3D

printing, they are not

quite familiar about it.

SURVEY RESULTSQ7: When was 3d printing invented?

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70s 80s 90s

Q7 ANALYSIS

•Only 30% of them answered correctly that 3D

printing was invented in the 80s. It did not turn out

surprisingly that the majority believed 3D print was

invented in the 90s because the technology has only

become hot spot since the 90s.

SURVEY RESULTSQ8: Below were achievements made in 3D printing during

the 21st century. Which one was achieved in priority?

Printed Organ Printed blood vessels

Printing gold and silver Usable prosthetic leg

SYRVEY RESULTSQ8: Below were achievements made in 3D printing during the 21st

century. Which one was achieved in priority?

0 1 2 3 4 5 6

a. First printed organ

b. Printed blood vessels

c. Printing gold and silver

d. First usable prosthetic leg(Prosthesis: a device, eitherexternal or implanted, that…

Q8 ANALYSIS

•From the normally distributed data above, we can see

that respondents were not familiar with the history of

3D printing. Nonetheless, plenty of them (30%) picked

the correct answer. It is believed that respondents

thought 3D print was applied in medicine field first

rather than other industries, such as manufacturing

industry century.

SURVEY RESULTSQ10: Which sneakers are probably made by 3D printing?

SURVEY RESULTSQ10: Which sneakers are probably made by 3D printing?

0 2 4 6 8 10 12

Upper one

Middle one

Bottom one

Q10 ANALYSIS

•The answer is middle one. Existing 10 respondents

believe that the upper one is the answer. It implies

people nowadays believe that 3D printing can only

print out simple structure.

SURVEY RESULTSQ13: In conclusion, would you prefer 3D printing products?

40%

55%

5%

Reserved

Yes

No

Q13 ANALYSIS

It seems that people are still query in whether 3D printed

products can be widely used.

JOB ALLOCATION TABLE

14214717

Patrick

CHEUN

G

14219271

Naomi

CHEUK

14252546

Sophia

WANG

14222485

Sonia

YU

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