Didn’t know Disney did this sort of R&D but it’s amazing what can be done today, and what will be tomorrow. The first thought comes to mind: won’t the old world of patents and IPR be out of the window when you literally can print yourself a lamp, phone or a toy?
We’ve seen what happened to the digital industries and how they transformed mechanical reproduction of music, books and films forever – can’t help but think this sort of thing eventually will sound the death knell of the likes of Ikea and Apple – unless they start creating iPrinters and probably will try some sort of object DRM, but then again that’s proved unworkable before.
But anyway, we come another step closer to a Star Trek future of the replicator…
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