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EDITOR’S NOTE

owadays it is difficult to imagine a life
without printers. We use traditional
Nprinters for studying, work, or
entertainment almost every day. It is very
convenient to have a possibility to print
digital information, such as text or image, on
paper and then use it for different purposes.
Nevertheless, it is much more convenient
to have a possibility to print real tangible
objects, which can be used in everyday life.
The technology of 3D printing gives such
possibility and starts a new era of printing,
manufacturing, and life.

The emerging technology of 3D printing is
very promising as it opens new possibilities
for customization and starts a new era of
so called “social manufacturing”. The main
idea of such manufacturing is to establish
a framework that will allow customers to
create products based on their tastes and
preferences. People will buy digital models of
products, change and modify them according
to their tastes, and then send the information
to local 3D printers to get real products.
With 3D printers, it will be unnecessary
to build large plants to produce some
products, which would otherwise pollute the
environment and deplete natural resources.
THE This environmentally friendly technology
will be much better than the current one,
TECHNOLOGY as it requires less raw material, energy, and
cost. Furthermore, it makes businesses more
flexible because each product item can be
OF 3D PRINTING manufactured differently without costly
retooling of company’s equipment. Specialists
have been using 3D printers for more than
ten years to develop prototypes cheaply
The emerging technology of 3D printing is and quickly before manufacturing real
very promising as it opens new possibilities products at the plants. Yet, it was impossible