Wohlers Associates. The "Wohlers" column is authored by Terry Wohlers for Time Compression. This column was published in the March/April 2011 issue. Why You Won't Have an AM Machine in Your Garage For many years, additive manufacturing (AM) industry insiders have speculated on the role the general public will play in the adoption of AM. By Terry Wohlers, President, Wohlers Associates For many years, additive manufacturing (AM) industry insiders have speculated on the role the general public will play in the adoption of AM. Why? Another reason why most people will not be cranking out new products is this: Even if they had a 3D printer in their home, it probably would not offer the types of materials needed to produce what they need. Also, how many people in an average household have the design skills needed to produce a quality product?
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3DPrintingPaperPublicKnowledge.pdf - Powered by Google Docs. John Fleming: In a Future of 3D Printing and Graphene, Nothing and No-One Will Be Safe From Becoming Outdated. Nothing is safe from the future. You know you have lived too long when you see entire technologies come and go. I realised that when the fax machine became the trendy new piece of life-changing technology and then mostly disappeared, replaced by e-mails and scanners. I realised that when I first went into a large department store to see notices that they no longer accepted cheques. When I was a child, there were two dependable professions, neither of which - it seemed - would ever stop.
One was being a watch repairer and the other was working in a bank. People - it seemed then - would always need to tell the time and would always need to access their cash over-the-counter in a bank. But then along came electronic watches and now people check the time on their mobile telephones (as well as taking photographs and videos on their phones). Newspapers, magazines, books, hold-in-your-hand recordings of music - all are destined for a future dustbin not too far away.
Technology advances quickly.