From robotic arms to prescription pills: 3D printing reaches new heights
The year 2015 will go down in history as the time when 3D printing got real. The base technology was pioneered in 1983 and pundits had speculated for years about its prospects in everything from medicine to consumer goods. But in 2015, Iron Man reached out and grabbed us with a 3D-printed prosthetic hand and catapulted the technology into the mainstream.
