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Top 10 Countdown: Most Popular 3D Printing Stories in October 2012
Here are the top 10 most popular stories On 3D Printing brought you in October 2012.
10. New Plan for Manufacturing Jobs in EU: Invest Heavily in 3D Printing
9. Will Amazon Adopt 3D Printing to Improve Manufacturing?
8. Video: Broad Horizons for 3D Printing – RepRap, MakerBot, and Beyond
7. 3D Printed Bioscope: New Design Reinvents the Old Film Camera
6. Oops-Ed: TechCrunch Writer Says Consumers Don’t Need 3D Printers
5. MakerBot Presents Groundbreaking 3D Masterpieces at the 3D Print Show
4. Physical DRM: New Patent Issued to Protect Piracy in 3D Printing
3. Objet Showcases Exquisite 3D Printing Applications at the 3D Print Show
2. Video: See All of the Exhibits at the 3D Print Show in London!
1. 3D Printing Gun Debate Heats Up Again: Wiki Weapon and ATF
Thanks for reading in October!
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Top 3D Printing Headlines Last Week: Weapons, Disney, Patents, Europe
A roundup of the top news On 3D Printing brought you from October 6 to October 13.
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New Plan for Manufacturing Jobs in EU: Invest Heavily in 3D Printing
In the face of a global financial crisis, the European Union is having its share of challenges to grow the economies of the EU member states. The European Commission has a new plan for reviving the declining manufacturing sector which has lost 3 million jobs. The plan calls for member states to invest heavily in 3D printing.
In a leaked paper seen by Reuters, 3D printing is highlighted as a path to job and GDP growth.
The paper which outlines the bloc’s future industrial policy said the commission wants to raise manufacturing from 16 percent to 20 percent of EU GDP by 2020 using new techniques such as 3D printing which builds objects using instructions from a printer.
Enthusiasts for 3D printing say it will revolutionise manufacturing in electronics such as mobile phones and save millions in costs as it would be as cheap to produce one phone as it would be to make thousands.
Some predict that in the more distant future households will have such printers to make mundane objects such as shoes.
Other initiatives for growth include biotech, green vehicles and smart grids.
Via Reuters.
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