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__ Healthcare Technology __ This includes the pharmaceuticals, devices, procedures and organizational systems used in health care. Medical technology, which is a proper subset of health technology, encompasses a wide range of healthcare products and is used to diagnose, monitor or treat diseases or medical conditions affecting humans. __The 3D Printer:__ This new technology advancement in the healthcare arena has been very controversial. The 3D printer has many pros and cons, but it has had a positive impact with various fields. media type="custom" key="27522918" media type="youtube" key="Vx0Z6LplaMU" width="560" height="315" PROS: http://3dprintingindustry.com/3d-printing-basics-free-beginners-guide/benefits-commercial-value/
 * __Customization:__ 3D printing processes allow for mass customization — the ability to personalize products according to individual needs and requirements. Even within the same build chamber, the nature of 3D printing means that numerous products can be manufactured at the same time according to the end-users requirements at no additional process cost.



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 * __Sustainable/Environmentally Friendly:__ 3D printing is also emerging as an energy-efficient technology that can provide environmental efficiency in terms of both the manufacturing process itself, utilizing up to 90% of standard materials, and, therefore, creating less waste, but also throughout an additive manufactured product’s operating life, by way of lighter and stronger design that imposes a reduced carbon footprint compared with traditionally manufactured products.
 * __ Tool-Less: __ For industrial manufacturing, one of the most cost-, time- and labor-intensive stages of the product development process is the production of the tools. For low to medium volume applications, industrial 3D printing — or additive manufacturing — can eliminate the need for tool production and, therefore, the costs, lead times and labor associated with it. This is an extremely attractive proposition, that an increasing number or manufacturers are taking advantage of. Furthermore, because of the complexity advantages stated above, products and components can be designed specifically to avoid assembly requirements with intricate geometry and complex features further eliminating the labor and costs associated with assembly processes.
 * __Unhealthy Air Emissions:__ 3D printers may pose a health risk when used in the home, according to researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology. The emissions from desktop 3D printers are similar to burning a cigarette or cooking on a gas or electric stove. The 2013 study was the first to measure these airborne particle emissions from desktop 3D printers. While heating the plastic and printing small figures, the machines using PLA filament emitted 20 billion ultrafine particles per minute, and the ABS emitted up to 200 billion particles per minute. These particles can settle in the lungs or the bloodstream and pose health risk, especially for those with asthma.
 * __Reliance On Plastics:__ One of the biggest environmental movements in recent history has been to reduce reliance on plastics, from grocery bags to water bottles to household objects that can be made from recycled materials instead. The most popular—and cheapest—3D printers use plastic filament. Though using raw materials reduces the amount of waste in general, the machines still leave unused or excess plastic in the print beds. PLA is biodegradable, but ABS filament is still the most commonly used type of plastic. The plastic byproduct ends up in landfills. If 3D printing is going to be industrialized, that byproduct or other recycled plastic needs to be reused.
 * __ Gun Control Loopholes: __ The first successful 3D printed gun is old news, but its ramifications are very important. Companies are popping up around the world, attempting to sell these guns and/or the CAD designs for them. Engineering firm Solid Concepts has even fired rounds out of the first 3D printed metal gun. Congress' Undetectable Firearms Act, which bans guns that can't be detected by metal detectors or x-ray scanners, was renewed for 10 years. It left a loophole in the law, however: 3D printed guns with a tiny piece of metal aren't banned by the Act. Legislators are attempting to close that loophole now, after Congress ignored the issue for quite some time, with special requirements for printed guns.

All in all, 3D printing seems to be a great tool for medical doctors and nurses everywhere. You can use the 3D printer for making prosthetics, organs, and much more. Albeit, there are some complications concerning certain laws, such as the Gun Control Loophole, the 3D printer is a safe way for individuals to get the proper healthcare they need.

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         Most commonly used to check your heart beat to insure that it is functioning the way its supposed to.Sometimes there ganna check your pulsef like high or low blood preasure.The Stethoscope is a multi purpose tool. sometimes you"ll also being checking how well your breathing ,stethoscope is able to pick up the sounds of like browncitis or some breathing defect in the lungs. = = = = [|www.webmd.com]
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 = = =As you can see im the picture will put the two ears peaces in and the long tube and cold metal peice at the end= ==of the tube is the peice that captures the sound of the heart beat or the lungs inflating and deflating. I believe this is a great tool for docs because it allows them to get an idea of whats going on only by sound.There for there no cutting open your body to see whats wrong with you it all goes straight to your ears.media type="youtube" key="Gmic13mvsgo" width="560" height="315"== = = =Be hind the Stethoscope: more on how this tool works/= =media type="youtube" key="35BbazGcSrQ" width="420" height="315"= = = == [|ikaruseye.blogspot.com] =There a now stethoscopes that you can by for like home us or if your on the go and your one to have high blood preasuure and you constintly have to check your pulse. As the pic shows it will hook up to your iphone or most likly other phones as well. The phone has an app that goes with the machine around your arm and hooks into the phone where your charger wire would go. //I// //beleive this will save you the time and one day save you all the money from going to the docs office. Its so simple to use all you do is plug it up and attach to your arm. One day these are going to be a very fast seller.//=

__ ~THE ESSENTIAL QUESTION~ __ Industrial revolutions are beneficial to American society as they make our daily lives run faster. For example; instead of waiting for months or perhaps years for an organ transplant, with the 3D printer, you could just make one yourself. Instead of going to the doctor's office and wait for an appointment, you can stay at home and check yourself with new phone apps and technologies such as the new and improved stethoscopes. On the other hand, it could be detrimental to our society due to the fact that all these new technologies are making us  Americans lazy. We rely on technology too much for silly things, and we are becoming couch potatoes.