Social Digest: 3D Printing, Today’s Future, Olympic Spirit

Welcome! As part of a series that keeps students up to date with international insights, current technology and popular culture, this week we're bursting at the seams with amazing hand picked content.

Print it in 3D

We live in remarkable times where technology advances at an unprecedented rate. Rapid prototyping or 3D printing to the layman (also known as additive printing) is beginning to branch out from design and manufacturing to different sectors and eventually our homes. Originally developed for creating product prototypes, a 3D printer takes a digital design and literally prints it out by constructing it layer by layer, just like the picture above. The ramifications for the future of commerce are epic. Find out more here. 

Look into the Future

Over one hundred years ago artists in France were given the task of imagining what the future would look like. Far from common over-embellished images of interplanetary exploits, these predictions are close to our present reality. They foresaw how machinery is intertwined with everyday life while creating new exciting possibilities. If only they could of perceived how small and unobtrusive the devices they drew would actually become. See them all here.

A Very Happy Olympics

With the London 2012 Olympics well under way, I can tell you first hand how an army of Olympics staff have descended upon London; their warm greetings and enthusiasm is sort of infectious. In this video clip from Stratford a volunteer puts in a lot of effort to win the hearts and minds of the people but I guess some things are best appreciated on YouTube, enjoy.

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