All Aboard: The 3D Revolution is Spreading Around the World

Almost unnoticed, revolutionary production technologies have emerged without any substantial input from big players. Instead, the initiatives came from researchers, small start-ups and tinkerers in their garages who experimented with printing three-dimensional material. As is often the case with technical revolutions, the “movement“ thrives on its early protagonists’ enthusiasm, in this case mostly middle-aged male tech aficionados and a complementary open-source community. These so-called “mak...