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Today I am heading to Washington DC together with an impressive
\n collection of the who-is-who in the 3D printing industry in the US.
\n Shapeways is – amongst others – joined by Makerbot, 3D Systems,
\n Fab@Home and Makergear for the Public Knowledge 3D\/DC convention<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Public Knowledge 3D\/DC convention is organized to give US policymakers a peak inside the 3D printing
\n revolution which starts to happen. In the book “Where Good Ideas
\n Comes From” Steven Johnson makes a great case that any disruptive
\n technology revolution takes about 2 decades to go from invention to
\n mainstream. 3D printing has been around for quite some years and we
\n are well into the second decade. You could argue that this
\n disruption is of a bigger scale than for instance HD television or
\n the fax machine and it will take more time. I think we just past the
\n ‘second decade’. The next decade has the potential to change the
\n world on a scale of which we have not seen since the internet going
\n mainstream in the late nineties. It makes me wonder if we will get a
\n 3D printing \/ making bubble similar to the dot-com bubble?<\/p>\n

Any major technology disruption comes with pain because business
\n models change and existing businesses need to adapt. Incumbent
\n industries unwilling to change will resist. Just look what happened
\n to the music and media industry and the advent of the internet, mp3
\n and ipods. The same will apply to 3D printing. Just imagine people
\n copying, extending or modifying existing products to make them
\n better or last longer. Are you allowed to reverse-engineer your car
\n engine and improve parts of the engine? And what about giving the
\n design to a friend? Or maybe start selling it (at cost) at the auto
\n club? Or maybe offer it for sale commercially?<\/p>\n


\nPutting the negative aspects aside 3D printing brings enormous
\n potential. It allows to bring manufacturing back to the Western
\n world. The trend to move manufacturing to low cost countries can be
\n reversed. It does not make sense to custom build 3D printed products
\n in China and ship them over on a slow boat. It can happen right here
\n and preferably close to the customer. Operating 3D printers is
\n relatively easy and do not require a lot of manual labor compared to
\n the output of these machines. Just imagine major manufacturing hubs
\n in big cities like New York, London and Berlin. It will create jobs
\n and creates knowledge which we lost. <\/p>\n

3D printing also brings a new set of options for creative people. No
\n longer are creatives bound by the digital domain or their own
\n craftsmanship on analog tools. 3D printing makes it possible to
\n directly from digital design to analog forms without manual
\n intervention. Just take a look on Shapeways what artists like
\n Nervous Systems<\/a> are already creating.
\n It also shortens the product design cycle since products can be
\n created and produced in one-off production runs. Designs can be
\n adapted and retested in matter of days. It allows for design to be
\n changed during its life cycle without much effort. Entrepreneurs can
\n go from an idea or invention to something they can show investors in
\n a very short time. Production can start in a moment’s notice and
\n product can be shipped to customers. In this way 3D printing will
\n give a huge boost to entrepreneurship in a similar way the internet
\n and open source software has done. It just does not take huge
\n investments, long lead times and significant risk taking to bring a
\n new product to the market. A great example is the Glif<\/a>,
\n which was prototyped and launched using Shapeways.<\/p>\n

Governments of the Western world should realize there are great
\n opportunities in advancement and commoditization of 3D printing. It
\n bring back manufacturing and will promote creativity and
\n entrepreneurship. Making will again be a craft and not a mechanical
\n and highly optimized mass production process. And 3D printing will
\n make this possible.<\/p>\n

And yes I am going to wear a business suit. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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