3D hype

Over the past 10 years, we have been teased by the potential of 3D printing. There have been reports of the world's first 3D-printed shoes and violins, for instance, and developments have been hailed as a Fourth Industrial Revolution, which will be so disruptive that it will transform current m...

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Veröffentlicht in:Construction Journal 2017-11, p.8-9
1. Verfasser: De Kestelier, Xavier
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Over the past 10 years, we have been teased by the potential of 3D printing. There have been reports of the world's first 3D-printed shoes and violins, for instance, and developments have been hailed as a Fourth Industrial Revolution, which will be so disruptive that it will transform current manufacturing. Anyone will be able to print pretty much anything from the comfort of their living rooms and garden sheds. Consumers will become fabricators, printing kitchen utensils, toys, bicycles, motorbikes and even cars. The first commercial 3D printers have been available since the late 1980s, but the technology has only entered the public consciousness in the past five to 10 years.
ISSN:1752-8720
1759-3360