Gadgetory

when you think of 3d printing you probably think of this Star Trek chess set or this dr. you transform or maybe even 3d printed pizza forget that low res noise over the last 5 years resolutions have come up and the printing has become so much more sophisticated like now you can print functional tools with moving parts and get this there's now a 3d printer in space aboard the International Space Station's this means if something breaks those astronauts don't have to wait for a resupply shuttle that could take a month to arrive they just print out a replacement right there on the space station or check this out a guy made a near-perfect replica of a sixth century Viking sword which means visitors to the National Museum of Art in Norway can touch and feel it without damaging the very fragile original 3d printing is well on the way to providing cheaper construction to in China they're making mansions and apartment buildings and in Amsterdam they're building a real working bridge and Medicine 3d printing can help build prosthetic hands for kids bone grafts that fit perfectly into your sockets and delicate internal organs that can either replace your own broken parts or that can help a team of surgeons figure out exactly how to operate before going in for the real deal and look at all these happy animals we've achieved all this in less than five years yeah it's pretty impressive I guess but I'm holding my horses until the European Space Agency gets around to 3d printing it's face on the moon yes that's a real thing that's really happening I'm telling you 3d printing is already making the world around you literally and I can't wait to see what happens next you