3D Printing and Medical Libraries, Revised

3D PRINTING

& MEDICAL LIBRARIES

PF Anderson, Emerging

Technologies Librarian,

Taubman Health Sciences Library,

University of Michigan

September 19, 2013

Tuesday, November 12, 13

WHAT IS 3D PRINTING?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bdesham/2432400623/http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lego_bricks.jpg


http://www.flickr.com/photos/bdesham/2432400623/




Printers can print in 2D ...


... or 3D.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cutecoder/2161736692/sizes/z/




Think of 3d printing as nano-Legos set by inkjet robots ...


... in different types of materials

http://amcrc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ADDITIVE-MANUFACTURING-2009-Roadmap.pdf

Living tissue?!!!




3d (plastic, metals, electronics, proteins, cells)Bioprinting/biofabrication

Hybrid printing 4d (self-assembling), chains/modular

http://www.ted.com/talks/skylar_tibbits_the_emergence_of_4d_printing.html




BUT IS IT ALL JUST HYPE?


HISTORY



WHERE ARE WE NOW?





("3d printing"[TIAB] OR "3D printer"[TIAB] OR "3D print"[TIAB]) OR ("three-dimensional printing"[TIAB] OR "three-dimensional

printer"[TIAB] OR "three-dimensional print"[TIAB])

OR ("biofabrication"[TIAB]

OR "biofabricated"[TIAB] OR biofab[TIAB]) OR ("bioprinting"[MeSH

Terms] OR bioprinting[TIAB] OR bioprinter[TIAB] OR bioprint[TIAB]) OR

("additive manufacturing"[TIAB] OR

"additive manufacture"[TIAB]) OR "hybrid printing"[TIAB] OR ("printing"[MeSH Terms] AND "tissue engineering"[MeSH

Terms])




EXAMPLES


Presurgical-modelingImplants

TransplantsProsthetics


Sensors, biologicals, and more ...












WHAT CAN LIBRARIES DO?









FAQLiability & 3D Printed Guns

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosefirerising/5042267058/Tuesday, November 12, 13

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosefirerising/5042267058/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosefirerising/5042267058/

What if someone prints a GUN on the LIBRARY’s 3D printer? OMG!


1. Easier said than done


2. Not exactly a safe idea

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-05/australian-police-warn-3-d-printed-gun-failuresTuesday, November 12, 13

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-05/australian-police-warn-3-d-printed-gun-failures

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2013-05/australian-police-warn-3-d-printed-gun-failures


Before

After

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9taL4svjH_g









3. There are much easier alternatives.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/05/ak-47-semi-automatic-rifle-building-party








4. Libraries are experienced with liability


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3D Printing and Medical Libraries, Revised