3D Printingo The application of 3D printing
o People’s understanding on 3D printing
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14214717 Patrick CHEUNG
14219271 Naomi CHEUK
14252546 Sophia WANG
14222485 Sonia YU
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Publication Date:2012 to present
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Introduction
Brief history
invented by Charles Hull
in 1984
Application
Medical field
Food industry
Case studies for designers
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SURVEY RESULTSQ1: Have you heard of 3D printing?
Q2: How old are you?
Most people have heard of 3D printing which implies
that 3D printing is quite famous nowadays, especially
among teenagers and people in employment.
87%
13%
Yes
No
19%
38%
33%
10%Below 18
18-30
31-50
Over 50
SURVEY RESULTSQ3: When did you hear about 3D printing?
2014 2013 2012 2011 2010Before 2010
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Q3 ANALYSIS
•However, we can see that only less than 20% heard
about 3D printing before 2010, and most of them
heard about it in 2012 and 2013. Although 3D printing
is developed in early years, it became popular among
public within these few years only.
SURVEY RESULTS Q5: Have you ever heard of any applications of 3D printing?
Few90%
None5%
Many5%
•But most of them know
few applications of it.
Although many people
said they heard of 3D
printing, they are not
quite familiar about it.
SURVEY RESULTSQ7: When was 3d printing invented?
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
70s 80s 90s
Q7 ANALYSIS
•Only 30% of them answered correctly that 3D
printing was invented in the 80s. It did not turn out
surprisingly that the majority believed 3D print was
invented in the 90s because the technology has only
become hot spot since the 90s.
SURVEY RESULTSQ8: Below were achievements made in 3D printing during
the 21st century. Which one was achieved in priority?
Printed Organ Printed blood vessels
Printing gold and silver Usable prosthetic leg
SYRVEY RESULTSQ8: Below were achievements made in 3D printing during the 21st
century. Which one was achieved in priority?
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
a. First printed organ
b. Printed blood vessels
c. Printing gold and silver
d. First usable prosthetic leg(Prosthesis: a device, eitherexternal or implanted, that…
Q8 ANALYSIS
•From the normally distributed data above, we can see
that respondents were not familiar with the history of
3D printing. Nonetheless, plenty of them (30%) picked
the correct answer. It is believed that respondents
thought 3D print was applied in medicine field first
rather than other industries, such as manufacturing
industry century.
SURVEY RESULTSQ10: Which sneakers are probably made by 3D printing?
SURVEY RESULTSQ10: Which sneakers are probably made by 3D printing?
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Upper one
Middle one
Bottom one
Q10 ANALYSIS
•The answer is middle one. Existing 10 respondents
believe that the upper one is the answer. It implies
people nowadays believe that 3D printing can only
print out simple structure.
SURVEY RESULTSQ13: In conclusion, would you prefer 3D printing products?
40%
55%
5%
Reserved
Yes
No
Q13 ANALYSIS
It seems that people are still query in whether 3D printed
products can be widely used.
JOB ALLOCATION TABLE
14214717
Patrick
CHEUN
G
14219271
Naomi
CHEUK
14252546
Sophia
WANG
14222485
Sonia
YU
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