1/ A new set of technologies (once hyped, now real) forever changes how we make stuff.
Will permanently do 2 things:
-democratize & distribute means of production
-change power + economics of supply chain + sovereigns...
weforum.org/agenda/2018/03…
Will permanently do 2 things:
-democratize & distribute means of production
-change power + economics of supply chain + sovereigns...
weforum.org/agenda/2018/03…
2/ The legacy of the first industrial revolution: raw materials HAVE flowed first from developing countries to industrialized ones and now from factory to factory....
3/ TENS of TRILLIONS of dollars are captive--to boats, planes, trains, ships-- in space and time being transported.
With just in time local complete manufacturing because of new high-speed 3D industrial metal and more "printers"
this changes at first SLOWLY & then SUDDENLY...
With just in time local complete manufacturing because of new high-speed 3D industrial metal and more "printers"
this changes at first SLOWLY & then SUDDENLY...
4/ Our partner @ricfulop and the entire team at @DesktopMetal just publicly outlined for Davos and World Economic Forum not what MAY happen, but what is...
(Future is already here just unevenly distributed)....
(Future is already here just unevenly distributed)....
5/ Here are 3 very specific phenomena not widely known about that are driving this to know about...
1) Generative Design
1) Generative Design
6/ 2) "Reductive decontenting"
A fancy way to describe positive feedback effect of first optimizing and then reducing weight of components through use of new manufacturing tech which then results in more reduction of weight of total active components in any product.
A fancy way to describe positive feedback effect of first optimizing and then reducing weight of components through use of new manufacturing tech which then results in more reduction of weight of total active components in any product.
7/ 3) "Assemblies consolidation"
Using a sophisticated design process to combine many parts into a single, solid multi-functional part. Only now possible to make the end part w/ 3D printing to print macrostructures that become multifunctional--a deflationary forcr
Using a sophisticated design process to combine many parts into a single, solid multi-functional part. Only now possible to make the end part w/ 3D printing to print macrostructures that become multifunctional--a deflationary forcr
8/ The implications for trade, imports, exports, tariffs, transport, shipping, storage are just being appreciated as the time frames for disruptive impact become clear.
