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245 _aBriefing: 3D printing :
_bthe printed world.
260 _c2011
520 _aIt 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.
650 _aMANUFACTURING PROCESSES
773 _aEconomist :
_g12th February 2011, pp.75-78
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