Chapter 4: Absolutely Fab-ulous
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5860/ltr.48n3Abstract
Our current levels of technology are enabling many things that were complete science fiction only a decade or so ago, but no modern technology is more capable of inciting futuristic predictions than 3D printing. The very idea that you can download a digital file and transform it into a physical, functional thing is science fiction turned technological fact. This chapter is a roundup of 3D printing options as they stand in 2012 and how said options might fit into libraries.
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