Do you want to 3D print a house?

     

World's first 3D printed castle by Andrey Rudenko

 

   3D printing entails that anything that is printed in a three dimensional product, can be any physical object one can imagine. In the same way as a normal printer prints on paper, 3D printing also prints on a layer by layer process when completed creates an actual product.

        With 3D printing you can create whatever you can imagine. Any physical object can be created in this manner. Heck people are even printing houses with these machines. You can create complex designs that otherwise would not be possible. All, just through a desktop computer and the printer.

             3D printing has been used in the industrial manufacturing process since long before we heard of 3D printing. Most the products that you see in the market has been through some or the other way of 3D prototyping. But now you can create your own product and bring to the market in a much faster pace. Because now we have machines much portable and efficient. Makerbot is one such company which has pioneered in bringing the industrial process which was only in the reach of large corporations to the reach of the masses. It has developed the process into such an advanced mode that even people like you and me, can bring our  imagination to reality, all we need is a desktop and a 3D printer. And, now there are a lot of options, which you can find all on google.

         And now, the technology has shown its usefulness and become popular in a wide array of areas, from decorative designing to automotive designing. This technology has also been used even in bio-medical field. And lets’ not forget the best part, the personal printing.

            These machines, for personal printing can range anywhere from $1000 to $7000 and upwards.

One of Makerbot's 3D printer

Makerbots advanced 3D printer

               

           You can think of a product and design and make a prototype and send it to the market and get the sentiments of customers very fast, saving you lots of valuable time and money. If, you are thinking of creating your own product. It’s amazing that how easy and streamlined the process has become. Here, you can watch the printer in action. And, here, you can see some of the awesome designs you can create.

Awesome mouse created by 3D printing

           So, what are you imagining of printing? I’m thinking of printing a hard disk platform, something like a easy to open folding box, for my old used ones.