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Having a profile sketched, a sculpture done, or a studio photograph taken is not in vogue anymore. The latest trend is having a 3-D image of oneself printed.
Imagine having a 3D food printer the size of a microwave oven that can "print" quick, customized meals with little or no effort on your part? This is not wishful thinking.
Some 3D-printed articles are on display at a 3D-printing experience store in Tianjin, North China, July 16 2013.
Using a printer to produce medical implants, body parts and living organs may sound like science fiction, but it is not.
In 2002 CT and MRI data was used to 3-D print anatomical models of conjoined twins from Egypt in the United States, to plan for the separation surgery. The surgery succeeded in 2003, and the twins lived six years.
Han Bing adjusts his handmade 3D printer in Tianjin Municipality, north China, May 16, 2013. Based on the method released on the internet, the 41-year-old by himself made this machine eventually, which costing some 2,000 RMB yuan ($325) and spending four months.
Haier Inc, the biggest household appliance maker in China, is entering the 3D printing industry to improve product quality.
China plans to invest in locally-invented 3D printing technologies to boost its manufacturing power, according to a senior industrial official.
Researchers in Hangzhou Dianzi University invented a biomaterial 3D printer, which could print out human tissues in smaller proportions.
A number of Chinese entrepreneurs and investors have expressed a pessimistic view of the likely development of 3-D printing in the near future.
3-D printing technology has found its way into the production of titanium alloy airframes, landing gear and engine parts.
3-D printing development may be 'problematic'
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