{"id":1431,"date":"2012-06-09T12:09:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-09T12:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/1431-vice-president-biden-3d-printing-the-future.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T17:18:54","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T17:18:54","slug":"vice-president-biden-3d-printing-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/vice-president-biden-3d-printing-the-future","title":{"rendered":"Vice-President Biden 3D Printing the Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>The future is NOW at Shapeways, but at least&nbsp;Vice-President Biden recognizes the importance of 3D Printing.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"serendipity_image_center\" width=\"640\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/biden_commencement.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>In an address to Cypress Bay High School&nbsp;Vice-President Biden mentioned 3D Printing as part of his utopian vision of the future.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: none; padding: 0px; \">\n<p><em>&#8220;Imagine a day, when in your, doctors are able to regenerate entire body parts and limbs that have been damaged and lost, not only saving tens of thousands of lives, but restoring the thousands of our Iraq and Afghan veterans coming back in need of prostheses, so they will be able to live a full and ambulatory life. 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