Future Tech: How 3D Printing Will Change the World | Alternet - 0 views
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Thanks to the ability to build a product from the bottom up, 3D printers can print shapes that cannot be viably manufactured any other way
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The machines are also the ultimate expression of "just-in-time" manufacturing: a company can manufacture a needed part instantly, right on the spot, rather than depend on the old system that required parts to be manufactured in mass quantities, stored in massive warehouses and shipped to far-flung locations.
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To further lower the resource footprint on our products, some researchers are working on attaching recycling machines to allow manufacturers and hobbyists to reduce their ordering of raw injection materials which they have to order from somewhere else
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