Novel Materials and Additive Manufacturing in Relation to Global Security

Additive Manufacturing, also popularly known as “3D printing” and Novel Materials which can also be named “Advanced Materials” are part of Emerging and Disruptive Technologies because of their actual use nowadays, in the case of Additive Manufacturing and the big potential it could have on the world, in case of Novel Materials. More interestingly, both Additive Manufacturing and Novel Materials can be used together and would change many things about how we think in society, even starting from how we construct bridges and houses (AM can make both of them) to combining them and having impressive directions. In terms of Global Security, both Additive Manufacturing and Novel Materials can help on the military part.