Personal Manufacturing report

This report draws together the insights from our event on Personal Manufacturing and the rise of 3D printing

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In January 2011 NESTA hosted an event to look at the impact of 3D printing on the manufacturing industry.

The event brought together three experts from the field of small scale manufacturing technology. Adrian Bowyer is the inventor of the RepRap machine, a self-replicating open-source 3D printer. Haydn A. Insley is Manager at FabLab Manchester, the UK’s first FabLab where you can turn up and use their equipment, software and expertise to prototype your ideas. Alice Taylor, previously Commissioning Editor for Education at Channel 4, is now the founder of start-up Makieworld, which wants to use 3D printers and other technologies to make customisable dolls.

This report draws together some of the key concepts that were discussed on the day. For the full details, you can watch a video of the entire event. You can also access a list of further reading, videos, case studies and examples on the Personal Manufacturing resources page.

Published
February 2011

Author
Louise Marston

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