Scott Summit heads Bespoke Innovations, a company that prints custom prosthetics for its clients using 3D printing. In an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, Summit described the design of a limb he’s making for a client, saying, “We are designing a Porsche 911 aesthetic for him. It’s a really classic design with clean lines and timeless detailing.” 3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, has been heralded as “revolutionary” by The Economist and The New York Times and is becoming the next big thing in American manufacturing.
According to Forbes, the technology costs one-tenth of what it did five years ago. If the cost continues to drop, and the technology continues to advance, 3D printing has the potential to massively decentralize manufacturing, changing how we design, manufacture, and shop. What is less clear is which countries will capitalize on 3D printing.
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