You've likely heard about 3D printing, but do you know how revolutionary it is? From teaching and learning applications to disrupting manufacturing, 3D printing is changing how we create and work. Maker Studio Technician Erin Wainwright walks us through what the library is doing to support innovation using 3D printing and why it's important. Did you know it's now possible to 3D print in concrete and whole houses can now be built?  There are thousands of new applications and innovations to discover when it comes to 3D printing!

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Bibliography and further reading:

Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters. (2019). EMBRACING CHANGE: Industry 4.0 and Canada’s Digital Future in Manufacturing. https://cme-mec.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/CME-MEC-2019-Tech-Adoption-v8.pdf

Gaudillière, N., Dirrenberger, J., Duballet, R., Bouyssou, C., Mallet, A., Roux, P., & Zakeri, M. (2020). Industrialising Concrete 3D Printing: Three Case Studies. In Sheil B., Thomsen M., Tamke M., & Hanna S. (Eds.), Design Transactions: Rethinking Information Modelling for a New Material Age. 158-165. London: UCL Press. doi:10.2307/j.ctv13xprf6.31

Mount Royal University. (n.d.). Curricular Integration. Mount Royal University Library. https://library.mtroyal.ca/spaces/maker/curricular-integration

Paul, G. M., Rezaienia, A., Wen, P., Condoor, S., Parkar, N., King, W., & Korakianitis, T. (2018). Medical Applications for 3D Printing: Recent Developments. Missouri medicine, 115(1), 75–81. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6139809/ 

Pomerantz, J.  (2018). Pedagogical Uses of 3D Tech. Learning in Three Dimensions: Report on the EDUCAUSE/HP Campus of the Future Project. https://www.educause.edu/ecar/research-publications/learning-in-three-dimensions-report-on-the-educause-hp-campus-of-the-future-project/pedagogical-uses-of-3d-tech

Rayna, T. & Striukova, L. (2021). Assessing the effect of 3D printing technologies on entrepreneurship: An exploratory study. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 164. doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2020.12048

Yang, F., Gu, S. Industry 4.0, a revolution that requires technology and national strategies. Complex Intell. Syst. (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40747-020-00267-9

Zastrow, M. (2020). 3D printing gets bigger, faster and stronger. Nature. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00271-6