The ethical dilemmas of the 3D printer: technology provides your new hip but also weapons

The ethical dilemmas of the 3D printer technology provides your

PROVINCE OF UTRECHT – A prosthesis, new teeth, packing material, you can think of it so crazy that it now rolls out of a 3D printer. In Utrecht too, new objects are made every day, which are ready for use within a few hours from a computer design. The technology behind 3D printing is developing at lightning speed, but that also brings with it dilemmas. Because criminals also use the technology, for example to make weapons. That makes the 3D printer a curse for some and a blessing for others.

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