In a recent piece on Some of the Latest Trends in Artificial Intelligence , we noted that innovation lies not only in the technology itself but also in the business models used to deploy the technology. The same holds true for 3D printing. In our last piece on the topic, we noted that there are at least 50 companies building metal 3D printers . In the case of General Electric, they were using 3D printing to such an extent that they actually went out and purchased the two companies they were buying machines from so the whole thing could be controlled in-house. Companies like SmileDirectClub – which recently announced plans for an IPO – have developed an entire business around 3D printing custom teeth alignment products . And recently, we’ve noticed the emergence of something that’s being called “on-demand manufacturing.” 3D Printing So Far We first imagined 3D printing […]

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