Staff Writer
Hewlett-Packard, more known as HP, is a widely known technology company that focuses on bettering the software in PCs. However, recently there has been word that they are constructing a 3D printer that will revolutionize the world of 3D printing. This printer is still a work in progress, and its engineers are located at the HP Innovation Center of Barcelona. This printer, in its earliest stages, can fully produce a cost-effective, light, durable biking helmet!
Rob Enderle, of Tech News World, believes that what HP is doing is, “Just short of magic.” These advances utilize HP’s imaging tech with their new printing abilities to produce virtually anything. The products of HP’s 3D printer create these objects that cost one-tenth of what other companies can. This could be the future of quickly mass producing cars and other typically expensive items. If HP can truly master what they’re working on, it could change the way production is handled.
It’s assumed that this device won’t be available until 2020. HP wants to get the new printing technology out to larger corporations before it reaches the open public. Even when it becomes fully accessible to the public, it will still be a rare item to own. These products will cost between $100,000 - $300,000, price ranges differ according to size. If students here at NHS had access to this technology, they could make more intricate products to be used in fundraisers. It also connects to career and college readiness and to allow students to better learn what it is like to be a real engineer creating products.
