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Briefing: 3D printing : the printed world.

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TextPublication details: 2011Subject(s):

MANUFACTURING PROCESSES

In: Economist 12th February 2011, pp.75-78Summary: It sounds like science fictiion but it's science fact: the latest technology can 'print' an object in much the same way as an ink-jet printer creates a page. This article explains how it works and the potentially revolutionary impact the process could have in manufacturing, not just in what and how things are made but where they are made.

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It sounds like science fictiion but it's science fact: the latest technology can 'print' an object in much the same way as an ink-jet printer creates a page. This article explains how it works and the potentially revolutionary impact the process could have in manufacturing, not just in what and how things are made but where they are made.

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