What would you say is the sleeper technology of the decade? My vote goes to additive manufacturing, aka 3D printing.

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This technology is coming of age with interested businesses, via their R&D departments, primarily looking to accelerate their product development cycle according to data from The State of 3D Printing from Sculpteo, but there is so much more to the story.

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Lets take a look at how this technology is about to change the manufacturing world and beyond. Changing the World, One Layer at a Time 3D technology creates physical objects from a three-dimensional digital model, typically by laying down additive thin layers of a material in succession. Sounds mildly interesting but certainly not earth-shattering. Yet there are telltale signs that this technology is at an exciting tipping point: Commercial 3D applications are proliferating across multiple industries. Governments are following suit and, in some instances, leading the way. 3D […]

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