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Gartner 2015 Crystal Ball: Top 10 Technology Predictions for the next Five Years

By Dick Weisinger

Garter recently made ten predictions on how technology will influence businesses over the next five years.  The predictions are grouped into three categories: Smart machines By 2017, a new computer algorithm will enable at least one significant new digital business

3D Printing: Just one Component of the Up-Coming World of Digital Manufacturing

By Dick Weisinger

3D printers use a technique called extrusion additive manufacturing to build objects by layering out metal, plastics, composites, and other materials.  3D printing is already having an impact on retail, traditional manufacturing, automotive, aviation, finance, construction, and electronics markets. Gartner predicts

3D Printing: Consumers on the Side Lines for Now

By Dick Weisinger

Know anyone who’s using 3D printing?  While the commercial uses for 3D printing have been relatively impressive, consumers haven’t yet jumped in.  Gartner now predicts that 3D printing won’t become a popular consumer item for another five or ten years.

3D Printing: Amazon and Staples Help Promote Printing Technology

By Dick Weisinger

Global shipments of 3D printers is expected to increase by 75 percent in 2014 and then in 2014 it is expected to double.  By 2030 Strategy Analytics conservatively predicts that the 3D printing industry can become a $70 billion per-year

Industrial 3D Printing: A Revolution in Manufacturing

By Dick Weisinger

Two-thirds of industrial manufacturers are beginning to explore the use of 3D printing (3DP) technology.  Those manufacturers are using 3DP to build prototypes and create final products, as reported by PWC in a recent report. President Obama in both his