{"id":752,"date":"2011-02-25T22:39:22","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T22:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/752-3d-printing-the-next-trillion-dollar-industry.html"},"modified":"2014-07-03T17:08:36","modified_gmt":"2014-07-03T17:08:36","slug":"3d-printing-the-next-trillion-dollar-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/3d-printing-the-next-trillion-dollar-industry","title":{"rendered":"3D Printing the Next Trillion Dollar Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAI Business Insider article comes to the conclusion that <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/3d-printing-2011-2?op=1\">3D Printing is the next trillion dollar industry<\/a>, recognizing that Shapeways is one of the major players and &#8220;<i>One of the reasons why you hear about 3D printing is that there&#8217;s a small but vocal and growing hobbyists community who enjoy making small doodads. 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