# What if 3D printing was 100x faster?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2015
- Speaker: Joseph DeSimone
- Year: 2015
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Engineering, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/joseph_desimone_what_if_3d_printing_was_100x_faster)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What we think of as 3D printing, says Joseph DeSimone, is really just 2D printing over and over ... slowly. Onstage at TED2015, he unveils a bold new technique -- inspired, yes, by Terminator 2 -- that's 25 to 100 times faster, and creates smooth, strong parts. Could it finally help to fulfill the tremendous promise of 3D printing?

## Lectures

1. [What if 3D printing was 100x faster?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/joseph_desimone_what_if_3d_printing_was_100x_faster/02ed8c8e1a5c), 11 min (TED's player)