TrendsWatch 2013 – American Alliance of Museums

3-D Printing Digital Fabrication Unleashes Creativity

By Elizabeth Merritt

3-D printing is the closest we’ve come so far to making real-life versions of the “replicators” from Star Trek. 2012 was the breakout year for this technology, as it spread from the home workshops of Makers to new public “hackerspaces” and …

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