October 24, 2015 | Press
Jay Douglas | Out of My Mind
Not so long ago, 3D printing, the creation of three-dimensional objects in much the same way computers create two-dimensional documents, was an expensive process. Recently, though, key patents for the 3D process expired, and with that dozens of entrepreneurs jumped at the opportunity to manufacture 3D printers that cost little more than a quality document printer. Three-D printing is similar to making a layer cake, only instead of piling a layer of chocolate on a layer of strawberry, 3D printers lay down layers of plastic, metal, wax or resin, carefully shaped the way a 2D printer carefully shapes letters, numbers and images.
With that, society is taking another series of steps down the road to a future with a twist you probably didn’t expect.
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