Promoting 3D Printing

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In the 2010s, Hewlett-Packard became a leader in the development and commercialization of 3D printing and additive manufacturing technology. The company’s innovations would change design and manufacturing so dramatically as to help usher in a “Fourth Industrial Revolution” while generating a new creative medium.

3D-printed model of a human hand with movable fingers and wrist.
3D Printing: The Future of Prosthetics
A pair of 3D-printed scissors with the HP logo on the blade.
Cut: 3D Printing Household Items
A 3D-printed model of an HP 3D printing system including tanks, connectors and cart.
A 3D Printer’s Self-Portrait
3D-printed geometric design in a glass container (side view).
Artfully Done: 3D Printed Art
A 3D-printed elephant with various colors from blue and purple to pink.
A World of Possibility: 3D Printed Elephant
A 3D-printed finger-strengthening tool.
3D Printing: Encountering Some Resistance
A 3D-printed clip in the shape of an H.
Custom Components on Demand
The HP logo embossed on a 3D-printed plastic gear.
Personal Touch: 3D Printing Embossment
A set of 3D-printed eyes for a puppet.
Eyes on the Ball: 3D Printing Puppet Eyes
Six 3D-printed concentric circles.
3D Printing: Going in Circles
A 3D-printed rainbow-like structure with various colors.
3D Printing The Rainbow
3D-printed rolling tread.
Rolling With It: 3D Printing of Rolling Tread
A 3D-printed door handle with hollow interior and weave pattern exterior.
A Handle on the Future: Hollow 3D Printing
A 3D-printed demo object with ball and socket joints formed continuously into an arch.
Joint Venture: 3D Printing Ball and Sockets
3D-printed chainmail used as a demonstration of 3D-printing's ability to interlink components.
3D Printing: Modern Meets Medieval