The Dubai Expo 2020 (also known as the Fair / Exhibition) has opened its doors to the public today, and in keeping with tradition, countries around the world are reviewing their technological advances and culture. A range of additive manufacturing technologies is included.
Since the telephone was first introduced at the 1876 World's Fair in Philadelphia, it is expected that every five years an evocative invention will be unveiled that predicts the future of technology. The X-ray was first demonstrated at the World's Fair in St. Louis in 1904, and television debuted at the New York World's Fair in 1939. Sometimes technology changes lives, like the introduction of the dishwasher at the 1886 World's Fair in Chicago, or a technology that never took off—the jetpack from The New York World's Fair in 1964, which would change transportation forever 😉
The examples of 3D printing technology at Dubai Expo 2020 may be a mix of innovative and modern, but only time will tell. With the pavilions now officially open, more 3D printing exhibits will be revealed, but below are just a few of the countries we know are already bringing their 3D printing technology in one form or another for the world to see.
- Concrete 3D printing. At the Austrian pavilion, a company called Incremental3d is presenting its concrete 3D printing technology through its myPot concrete pot products. Although the pots may seem like an overwhelming example of the technology, they are actually easy to relate to demonstrating the immediate, customizable, digitally controlled and structural attributes of a particular 3D print.
- Large-scale 3D printing and 3D scanning. A five-meter, 3D-printed replica of Michelangelo's David sculpture is the centerpiece of the Italian Pavilion. Simultaneously representing the country's past and future, the figure demonstrates how 3D scanning can be used to catalog and digitize the world's treasures, which can then be copied by a 3D printer. In a nod to the future of 3D printing, David is made from filaments produced from recycled plastic material.
- 3D Printing Medical Advances. The UK stand will host a series of workshops showcasing some of the latest – and difficult to demonstrate – developments in 3D printing of living human cells and tissues.
- Metal 3D printing in outer space. Hoping to present itself as a leader in space technology, the Polish Pavilion features a multimedia art installation called The Polish Table. One section of their stand features a 3D printed aluminum alloy lattice structure printed by PIAP Space to represent the application of metal additive manufacturing in space.
- 3D Printing Technology Startup Accelerator. Perhaps no exhibit is more testament to the place that 3D printing technology will occupy in the fourth industrial revolution than the 3D-printed quarter/district of Dubai Expo 2020. The designated 3D-printed area includes a research center, academy, laboratories and a 3D printing startup accelerator, making it an integrated global platform where Dubai hopes to attract investors and entrepreneurs from around the world.
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