3D-printing is set to totally change
the way we live in the future. We thought that Amazon delivering
packages by drones flying to our doorsteps was the wave of the
future, but 3D printing may make many drone deliveries entirely
unnecessary. Imagine logging into Amazon and placing your order,
paying, and then clicking “print.” Your 3D printer hums to life
and prints out the object you just paid for! This is not at all
far-fetched, or even that far away—we can already scan objects with
3D scanners and send the digital information to a 3D printer on the
other side of the world to be printed out. However, what are the
implications of this technology upon our society? Some items that are
not so easily attained (such as weapons) might be available through
illicit websites. Already, people have been experimenting with
printing 3D guns, and although police say that firing a 3D gun is
more dangerous to the user than the person he's aiming at, people are
finding ways around this...
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