July 3, 2012 AT 9:18 am
How Open Source Hardware Is Driving the 3D-Printing Industry
How Open Source Hardware Is Driving the 3D-Printing Industry.
The potential of 3D printing to transform the way we get things – the market is predicted to hit $3.1 billion in the next four years – gets a lot of press. But not much of that attention has focused on the unique role of open source hardware in enabling 3D printing to realize its promise.
Open source software has been a key player in all kinds of disruptive technologies – from the Web to big data. Now the nascent and growing open source hardware movement is helping to power its own disruptive revolution.
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