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During the start of the twenty‐first century, 3D printing had moved and expanded its wing from the commercial scale and entered into the domestic level. In 2000, the workers of Object Geometries created the first inkjet 3D printer which was then commercialized by Z corporation that paves a way for the development of multi‐colour 3D printer which remains one of the milestones in the evolutionary history of 3D printers (Yang et al. 2018). Later in 2001, the desktop 3D printers were becoming common and in 2002 Wake Forest Institute worked in the development of miniature 3D printed kidney that mimics the functions of the human kidney (Ledford 2015). This leads to the advancements of 3D printing in biomedicine. Around 2005, the open‐source 3D printing project RepRap developed the first 3D printer capable of producing its part named RepRap Darwin (DIY 3D printers). RepRap introduces the word fused filament fabrication (FFF) that replaces the term FDM.

With the innovations of AM, the first 3D printed car was developed by Urbee in 2011, and then in 2013 3D printable gun was released (3DSourced 2021). Gradually the 3D printing moved from polymers to foods as National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) experimented with 3D printing the foods for aeronauts in 2014 (Lipton et al. 2015). Meanwhile, the emergence of flexible new software enhances the mass production of 3D printers in 2017 and until to the present date. Beyond fashion jewellery and aircraft, 3D printing allows for the construction of affordable houses for the developing world. Still, many advancements are happening, and much research is going on in exploring the potential applications of 3D printing in different sectors.