Timing & trends

Will 3D Printing Change The World?

Posted by Michael Campbell

on Saturday, 7 September 2013 15:34

3DMuch attention has been paid to 3D Printing lately, with new companies developing cheaper and more efficient consumer models that have wowed the tech community. They herald 3D Printing as a revolutionary and disruptive technology, but how will these printers truly affect our society? Beyond an initial novelty, 3D Printing could have a game-changing impact on consumer culture, copyright and patent law, and even the very concept of scarcity on which our economy is based. From at-home repairs to new businesses, from medical to ecological developments, 3D Printing has an undeniably wide range of possibilities which could profoundly change our world.

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Michael’s Sept 6th Comment. Insurance rates, government revenue and taxes.

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Employment increased by 59,000 in August, mainly in part-time work, and the unemployment rate declined 0.1 percentage points to 7.1%.

Since August 2012, employment has increased 1.4% (+246,000). At the same time, the number of hours worked has grown 1.3%.

 

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2008 financial crisis, ongoing scandals around money laundering, rogue trading, rate manipulation and insider trading, the industry lost the faith of its key constituents – the clients, investing public and other participants that help it function on a day-to-day basis,” says a recent CFA Institute/Edelman Investor Trust Study. 

Only 53 per cent of investors in the United States, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Canada and Australia have faith in investment firms. What’s more, the investors surveyed around the world said they have less respect for the financial services and banking industries than in other sectors such as telecom, consumer goods and pharmaceuticals.

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