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Why the Market for 3D Printing will Triple in Five Years

IRIS VAN HERPEN 3D PRINTED DRESS | SOURCE: TRIBASPACE.COM
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  • Emma Clark

"3D printing will explode in 2014, thanks to the expiration of key patents. Soon, you won’t have to master the (challenging, time-consuming) task of learning how to model things in 3D, because you’ll just be copying them from the real world usingcheap, effective 3D scanners."

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