"3-D printing"—the popular name for "additive manufacturing"—has been   
   identified as one of the coming cluster of "disruptive" technologies.   
   Expectations are that it will be a way—not the only way—to make all sorts of   
   stuff. Food. Toothbrushes. Shoes. Art.   
    Building materials. Car dashboards. Moon habitats. Transplantable human   
   organs and living tissue for medical research.    
      
   With this technique, objects are built up in layers—sometimes only microns   
   thick—in three dimensions. In the past couple of years, boosted by the unique   
   nexus of the Internet, a culture of collaboration and open-source approaches,   
   and breathtaking    
   advances in software and computing power, 3-D printing is starting to hit the   
   mainstream. And it is sparking innovation through advances in computer-aided   
   design (CAD) software, and the Internet as it connects researchers, tinkerers,   
   and entrepreneurs.   
      
    Read more at: http: http://phys.org/news/2013-06-d-revolution.html   
      
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