ICT100 Foundations of Information Systems: A Report on 3D Printing

This report provides an overview of 3D printing within the context of information systems, addressing its description, advantages, and disadvantages. It highlights the technology's reliance on CAD software and its ability to expedite complex model development. The report further explores the ethical considerations associated with 3D printing, particularly its potential to increase unemployment and elevate medical treatment costs. It concludes by emphasizing the technology's capacity to enhance company productivity while advocating for a focus on mitigating its drawbacks and broadening its accessibility beyond large organizations. The report references academic sources to support its analysis and findings.

3D PRINTING

INTRODUCTION
 3D printing is an advanced computer
technology which is used for making third-
dimensional objects in the industries.
 The development of this technology can be
gained by using the additive process.
 The key purpose of this presentation is to
examine the key idea of 3D printing.
 This study is divided into various sections for
example description of the technology,
ethical issues and conclusion.

DESCRIPTION OF 3D PRINTING
 The working of 3D printing is very simple it
requires computer software (CAD) for designing
objects and protocols.
 It is very important in this modern era because
it helps companies for developing more complex
models in very less time.
 There are many advantages of this technology
which includes, more reliable, flexible, improve
productivity, and so on (Bose, Vahabzadeh, and
Bandyopadhyay, 2013).
 There are major two drawbacks of this
technology such as limited size and increase
unemployment.

ETHICAL ISSUES
 The major ethical issue linked with the 3D
printing is that it does not require more
humans which increase the rate of
unemployment.
 In medicals, 3D printing increased the cost of
treatment which can create a problem for
normal individuals.
 There is no appropriate process which
identifies the safety and security of 3D
printing in the medical treatments (Campbell,
and Ivanova, 2013).

CONCLUSION
 From this analysis, it is concluded that 3D
printing is an effective approach that has the
ability for improving the productivity of
companies.
 This research critically reviewed the key
aspects of 3D printing along with their ethical
issues.
 Therefore, it is recommended that industries
should focus on the drawbacks of 3D printing
and should not be limited to large
organizations.

REFERENCES
 Bose, S., Vahabzadeh, S. and
Bandyopadhyay, A., (2013) Bone tissue
engineering using 3D printing. Materials
today, 16(12), pp.496-504.
 Campbell, T.A. and Ivanova, O.S., (2013) 3D
printing of multifunctional
nanocomposites. Nano Today, 8(2), pp.119-
120.