8 Unusual Things You Can 3D Print

3D printing certainly has limits to what it can currently produce, but these are being stretched every day. 
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3D Print Your Childhood Heroes

http://gizmodo.com/why-3d-printing-is-overhyped-i-should-know-i-do-it-fo-508176750

3D Printing, previously better known as rapid prototyping, creates prototypes to test your designs and ideas. 

Your Heart

http://www.ippinka.com/blog/3d-heart-implants-artificial-heart-printed-order/

Researchers are using 3D printers to create a stretchy material to wrap around the real heart, with oxygenation detections, electrodes and other sensors. 

Your Stylish Guitar

https://3dprinterchat.com/

There are several growing communities of 3D printing enthusiasts on the web, and people can experiment and try to create different interesting items in their own homes, and designers and creative types are using the technology to showcase their talents. 

Your Sports Trainers

IMG Source: engadget.com

One predicted direction is personalisation - you can choose your own unique item, such as a specially designed trainer, and it will be constructed on the assembly line by smart machines at no more cost than a mass produced one today. 

Your Evening Wear

https://monocircus.com/en/bowtie.html

3D printing is used effectively in the fashion industry, and there's scope for people choosing to print their own clothes in the future. If you ever need a 3D printed James Bond costume…look no further. 

Your Lock Picking Equipment

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3083262/Hacker-3D-prints-gadget-crack-combination-lock-30-SECONDS.html

Forgot your keys? Everything will be fine as long as you’ve remembered your 3D printer…

Artificial Limbs

www.bespokeinnovations.com

Open-source intitiaves around the world can allow anyone with the 3D printing technology to print objects designed elsewhere, which may have significant cost implications in the future.

Your Way to Work

http://www.3dprintingnews.co.uk/3dprinting/3d-printing-in-the-cycling-industry/

Complex objects can now be largely (but not completely) printed using 3D printers. There are still important components to our everyday objects that cannot be produced using this manufacturing technology. 

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