nice little article, in years to come designers had better be careful about this

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nice little article, in years to come designers had better be careful about this evolving tech
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/arts/design/Catching-Up-to-3D-Printing.html?smid=go-share

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I am afraid lots of designers will do anything to close up there designs, and make it impossible to design/print spare parts for there products. If we have seen anything the last decennia it is that industries do not shy from all thing up to threats and bribes to struggle against change, music, video and now book publishing are fighting against change, so will the rest :frowning: