MOSI 3D exhibition

I am fascinated by 3D printing because I believe that in the near future 3D printers will be common in households across the globe. This exhibition in the Museum of Science and Industry demonstrates how this new technology will shape our future. I find it compelling to think that in a museum displaying old technology, in a city which stimulated the industrial revolution, there is an exhibition for future technology. Not only will the average person own a 3D printer but at the current rate of technological development this technology will be in archived in museums soon enough.

The exhibition itself held various 3D printed objects, many of which were quite small as they printed onsite. Some of the more impressive objects included the world's first fully printed bike frame and a model of Bez from the Happy Mondays.

 
I found that one of the most intriguing parts of the exhibition was seeing how this technology will be eventually used in the medical industry. It explained the numerous benefits of how design and technology can come together to help people medically, whether that be to recreate bones and hopefully one day to print organs.

Overall it was interesting to learn more about the uses of 3D printing and see so many objects in real life however the exhibition was quite small and had the potential to be a lot more invigorating.