An additional revolution
Many changes are ahead – for society, business and economy in general and so life will change too in the coming years and decades. I have written already about a few revolutions and an additional one is the implementation of 3d printers. These super printers can work with different substances in three dimensions. So they function like normal printers but can create all kinds of 3d objects for all kinds of purposes. So you can “print” real objects, you can create tools, you can replace broken parts of machines but you can also print living cells to form organs for surgery but also for example steaks for lunch.
These possibilities are amazing. And indeed nearly everyone is able to buy such a 3d printer for his own use. Meanwhile you can get a great diversity of plans in the internet to create all kinds of useful objects. This makes you to some degree independent from companies or craftsmen and certainly you can create your own production business.
The 3d printers will continue to develop to fantastic degrees of usage in the coming future. So interesting times are ahead for all of us including major changes in nearly all aspects of life and work.
Become aware of the chances which open up for everyone. As usual – get the most out of it!
Fascinating technology isn’t it Ray. It certainly upsets all the old economic models of manufacturing suiting cheap labour countries, and needing long setup times and serious capital investment for factory tooling.
Soon anyone will be able to construct objects of virtually any design and out of myriads of different materials.
The value is in the design and ergonomics of the item, the tooling is ubiquitous and anyone with a PC, design software and a commodity printer can be a game changer. Even very small runs can be profitable and mass customisation will be the rule not the exception.
A resurgence of manufacturing the west perhaps?!?
Perhaps
Thank you, Peter! Certainly this technology will have major effects on business. From my point of view it will bring a bright liberation in many aspects. It is somehow comparable with the idea if energy would be free available for everyone. Such things are life changing. They have the power to change everything in the human world.