{"id":641671,"date":"2013-02-07T12:15:42","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T17:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/?p=68998"},"modified":"2013-02-07T12:24:26","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T17:24:26","slug":"7-talks-on-the-wonder-of-3d-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/641671","title":{"rendered":"7 talks on the wonder of 3D printing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Lee-Cronin-image\"<\/a>From ordering movie tickets to booking a dentist appointment, mobile and web apps have made the tasks of daily life easier. But there are some things that an app can\u2019t do. Standing in line at the pharmacy is one of them.<\/p>\n

\"LeeLee Cronin: Print your own medicine<\/span><\/a>In today\u2019s talk, Lee Cronin asks: \u201cCould we make a really cool universal chemistry set? In essence, could we app chemistry?\u201d<\/p>\n

With his team of researchers at the University of Glasgow<\/a>, Cronin has created a 3D printing application that allows scientists to print out laboratory equipment specific to the experiment they wish to run — something they\u2019ve called \u201creactionware.\u201d Someday, Cronin says, the same software that runs reactionware could open up the doors of possibility. In this talk, Cronin shares one application — the idea that, in the future, people could print their medicine. With a custom-built 3D printer and chemical inks, users would download the appropriate molecules to perform \u201con-the-fly molecular assembly.\u201d Meaning that they could print out whatever medications were needed that day — even if they were for a new superbug.<\/p>\n

At TED, we love sharing stories of 3D printing and its rapidly developing power to make new things possible. TED Fellow Bre Pettis<\/a>\u2019s Makerbot; the Thingiverse<\/a> \u00a0database allow makers worldwide to share designs for printers; designers\u00a0printing artificial limbs<\/a>; artists re-inventing their process — we can\u2019t wait to see what\u2019s next. In honor of 3D printers here are some TED and TEDx talks on understanding this technology.<\/p>\n