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Objects made from asteroid material In January 2016, privately held Planetary Resources and its 3D printing partner, 3D Systems, awed space fans at the Consumer Electronics Show when they showed off the first object ever 3D-printed from asteroid material, a model of a spacecraft. The material, sourced from an impact, has a composition similar to refinery-grade steel. Planetary Resources is building spacecraft for asteroid mining, a nascent industry that's expected to boom in the coming years.

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A bridge The world's first 3D-printed bridge "The pedestrian bridge" opened to the public in December 2016. It was designed by a team led by the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, installed by ACCIONA Construction, and produced by Enrico Dini's D-Shape technology. The bridge spans a stream in Castilla-La Mancha Park in Alcobendas, Madrid. It's printed in micro-reinforced concrete, and is 12 meters long and 1.75 meters wide. ... And its organic design fits in with the surrounding nature. The use of a computational design method allowed the team to maximize the structural performance, while minimizing the amount of material use. See more

The additive manufacturing landscape is becoming more competitive In the next couple of years we will see a lot more competitive chaos resulting from a fairly crowded field. Scott Dunham, Vice President of Research at SmarTech Analysis

Aerogel is a classification of material where 99.8% is void and the remaining 0.2% is solid. This type of material has the unique property of being an extremely good insulator, even to the point of being able to shield a human hand from a flame thrower. Incredibly, this fascinating material can now be 3D printed using a specially-modified 3D printer. This particular configuration includes graphene, an extremely strong material that, when combined with aerogel, is light enough... to balance on the tip of a dandelion head but insulating enough to, again, withstand the heat of a flamethrower. Current application areas of 3D printed aerogel include various applications in biomedicine, energy storage, and the automotive and aerospace industries. In fact, NASA is currently investigating aerogels for use in re-entry vehicles for space exploration due to their highly thermally insulating properties.

An FDA-approved drug The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave the green light to a 3D-printed drug -- a first ever, in August 2015. Aprecia Pharmaceuticals' Spritam, an epilepsy drug that became available in March 2016. The company manufactures Spritam using its ZipDose 3D-printing tech, which produces a porous formulation that quickly disintegrates with a sip of liquid. The formulation is targeted at the many epilepsy patients who have a condition that makes it difficult for them to swallow pills.

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Electronic components for consumer and industrial applications Xerox is one notable entity working on printing conductive materials, but privately held Optomec is currently the company to watch here. The Albuquerque, New Mexico-based company's Aerosol Jet technology enables its customers to 3D-print integrated electronics onto plastic, ceramic, and metallic structures at incredibly fine resolutions. This tech is being used for the high-volume production of 3D-printed antennas and sensors that are integrated into products ranging from mobile devices to industrial components. .

When you compare the size of the AM industry with the size of the traditional manufacturing industry, we have a lot of room to grow. Zachary Murphree, VP of Technology Partnerships at VELO3D

Recent valuations are now predicting 3D printing to explode into a $30 billion market by as early as 2022.

Complex buildings, including a planned skyscraper 3D printing has enormous potential across mainstream architecture. It could significantly speed up building construction, unleash previously impossible design possibilities, and reduce cost. There have already been some rather complex buildings constructed using 3D printing, including the world's first fully functional 3D-printed office building in Dubai, an approximately 2,400-square-foot single-story structure that was completed in 2016.