3D printers shipments to double each year until 2018's $13.4bn market
The rise of 3D printing in consumer and enterprise will usher in a new era of locked-in materials that may offend some early adopters.
Liam Tung is an Australian business technology journalist living a few too many Swedish miles north of Stockholm for his liking. He gained a bachelors degree in economics and arts (cultural studies) at Sydney's Macquarie University, but hac…ked (without Norse or malicious code for that matter) his way into a career as an enterprise tech, security and telecommunications journalist with ZDNet Australia. These days Liam is a full time freelance technology journalist who writes for several Australian publications, including the Sydney Morning Herald online. He's interested primarily in how information technology impacts the way business and people communicate, trade, and consume.
The rise of 3D printing in consumer and enterprise will usher in a new era of locked-in materials that may offend some early adopters.
The future of 3D printing might have got a little brighter with Stratasys's planned acquisition of MakerBot.