Now we're talking (parte V)

Parte I, parte II, parte III e parte IV.
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"Hobbyists are now building tablets using a $35 computer brain"
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"Dear Santa: Consumers Prefer DIY Products"

"Consumers value a product more highly when they make it themselves—but only if the assembly procedure is structured in a way that allows them to make creative decisions throughout the process."

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"Will 3-D Printing Cause Traditional Manufacturing to Collapse?"

"Through the Industrial Research Institute’s foresights study — IRI2038 — several plausible scenarios of the future of R&D were explored. In one scenario, traditional manufacturing collapses under the strain placed on it by 3-D printing and heightened speed-to-market practices and is largely replaced by local manufacturing networks."

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"Why the Real World Will Matter More in 2014" ?????

"From making your own soup bowls to redesigning flawed windshield wipers, many of us are beginning to hear stories about everyday consumer uses for 3D scanners and printers. With these applications we see a vanishing distance—literal and cognitive—between manufacturing and consumer need. From the new vantage point of the burgeoning “maker movement,” we perceive ourselves as a one-person supply chain: in-shoring happens right in our own basement.
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Perceptions will shift most dramatically in entrepreneurship, where 3D printing is making it easier to quickly realize ideas, prototype, gain feedback, and loosen the  grip of traditional firms on producing material things.
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Entrepreneurs who don’t want to buy a 3D printer can always try out one of the new DIY fabrication studios popping up."

"The Real Opportunity in 3D Printing: Content"