3D printing is a very popular subject nowadays and is often referred to as the next industrial revolution. But this revolution is proclaimed more by its observers than by its practitioners.
The real revolution lies is the more fundamental principle of machines that are capable of turning data into things and things into data.
Fab Labs
The concept of a Fab Lab is to empower people to solve local and personal problems with Digital Fabrication technologies by providing them with a low-threshold access to the technology and a safe place for experiments an development.