Last week’s Economist has two articles, a leader and a longer piece, on 3D printing technology. As the leader explains: Three-dimensional printing makes it as cheap to create single items as it is to produce thousands and thus undermines economies of scale. It may have as profound an impact on the world as the coming of the factory did.
The political economy of 3D printing
The political economy of 3D printing
The political economy of 3D printing
Last week’s Economist has two articles, a leader and a longer piece, on 3D printing technology. As the leader explains: Three-dimensional printing makes it as cheap to create single items as it is to produce thousands and thus undermines economies of scale. It may have as profound an impact on the world as the coming of the factory did.