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1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
These days, 3-D printing is much in the news. Also known as "additive manufacturing" or "rapid prototyping," 3-D printing is the printing of solid, physical 3-D objects. Unlike machining processes, which are subtractive in nature, 3-D printing systems join together raw materials to form an object. Some see 3-D printing and related technologies as having transformative implications. "Just as the Web democratized innovation in bits, a new class of 'rapid prototyping' technologies, from 3-D printers to laser cutters, is democratizing innovation in atoms," Wired magazine's longtime editor-in-chief, Chris Anderson, stated in his new book Makers: The New Industrial Revolution. "A new digital revolution is coming, this time in fabrication," MIT professor Neil Gershenfeld wrote in a recent issue of Foreign Affairs. But in addition to 3-D printing's technological implications, recent evolutions in 3-D printing offer important management lessons for executives about the changing face of technological innovation - and what that means for businesses. In this article, the authors examine the rapid emergence of a movement called open-source 3-D printing and how it fits into a general trend toward open-source innovation by collaborative online communities. They then discuss how existing companies can respond to - and sometimes benefit from - open-source innovation if it occurs in their industry. |
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Three-dimensional printing.
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Rapid prototyping.
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Solid freeform fabrication.
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Impression tridimensionnelle. |
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Prototypage rapide. |
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3-D printing. |
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rapid prototyping. |
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Solid freeform fabrication |
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Rapid prototyping |
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Three-dimensional printing |
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Jong, Jeroen P. J. de, author.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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| Added Title |
Innovation lessons from three-dimensional printing |
| In: |
MIT Sloan management review. Vol. 54, no. 2, Winter 2013. |
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