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Rapidpr ot
otypi
ngwasfir
st
patent
edbyaJapanese
man,Dr .Kodama.

Char l
esHul li
nventedStereoli
thographyand
patent editayearl at
er.Het henstartedoft
he
first3D Pr inti
ngcompani es,3D Systems
Corpor ati
on.Heal so
rel
eas edt hefir s
t
Stereolit
hogr aphy
Appar atus,SLA-1
machi ne.
(
Sour
ce:3dsyst
ems)

Universi
tyofTexashadt hefir stSLSmachine
butitwasbr oughtbyCar lDeckard.Al
so,
Strat
asysInc.co- founderScot tCrumpfil eda
patentforFus edDepos iti
onModel i
ng(FDM)
thatstart
edt het hi rdoft hemai n3D print
ing
technologies
.(Source:Stratysys)

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Firs
tEOSSt ereossystem wascr eat
edand
foundedi nEur opebyEOSGmbH.I tis
recognizedt odayforindus trialprotot
yping
andpr oduct i
onappl i
cat ionsof3D pr i
nti
ng
inplasticsandmet als.(Source:EOS)

FDM orFus edDepos i

tion
Model i
ngpat entwasfinal ly
is
s uedtoSt ratasys.Theyt hen
createdpr i
nt ersforcompani es
andi ndivi
dualal ike.

Soli
ds capewasf oundedandi tmadeCAD
tool
sf or3D pr int ingmor eavail
abl
eand
developed.(Source:Solidscape)

ZCor porat
ionobtainedan
excl
us i
velicens
efrom theMI
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(
Sour
ce:3D Sys
tems
)

Engineeredorgansbri
ngnew
advancest omedici
neas3D pri
nti
ng
technologywascombi nedwit
h
medi calsci
ence.

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3D-pri
ntedwor ki
ngki
dneyis
creat
edbutnotyettrans
planted
intoaperson’
sbody.
(
Sour
ce:Cl
oudTweaks
)

Sel
f-r
eplicat
ing3D pr int er swer ecreat
ed
thr
ought heRepRappr oj ectt hatisopen
desi
gnf orall
.Ithass preadt heFDM 3D
desktop3D printer
s.(Source:all3dp)

ZCorporati
onrel
eas
edt he
Spectr
um Z510,whi
chwast he
firs
teverhigh-
defini
tioncolor
3D Pr
interont
hemar ket.
(
Sour
ce:3D Sys
tems
)

Thisyear,peopl
es aw the
first-
ever3D pri
ntedpr osthet
ic
leg.Andbecaus eofthis,media
hasfocus edon3D- pr
intingand
itwascover edworldwide.
(
Sour
ce:AVPl
ast
ics
)

Theori
ginalFDM patenthasexpi
redandit
hasbecomeapubl icdomain.Itr
esul
tedin
manythingsliket
hepr i
cedropof3D pri
nter
s
andmanypeopl eknow mor eabouti
t.

Sculpteo,oneofthepioneer
sinonl
ine3D
pri
ntings er
vicesi
scr
eated

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Urbee,thefir st3D pr int ed

prototypecar ,wascr eat ed
byal arge3D pr int er .Itwas
presentedtot hepubl ic
af
t er
war ds
.(Source:Korecologic)

3D foodpr i
nti
ngbecame
possibl
et hankst
oCornel
l
Univers
ity.

Thefirstpr
ost
het
icj
aw i
s
pri
ntedandimpl
ant
ed

“3D pr
inting”i
nObama’
sSt
ateoft
he
Unions peech

3D pri
nti
ngins pacebecamepos s
ibl
e
becauseNASA hasbr oughta3D
pri
nterandpri
nt edanobj ect
outsi
deEart
h.(Source:NASA)

Carbon3D madetheir3D pr
inti
ngmachine
thatusesgr
eatr
esinsandpr i
ntsreal
lyf
ast
.

3D pr
int
edbonesar
enow pos
sibl
e.

(
Allot
hers
our
ces
:Scul
pteo)