Libraries and 3D Printing

Libraries Are the Future of Manufacturing in the United States

Public libraries are becoming a one-stop shop for manufacturing in the digital age. Because libraries are investing in machines like 3-D printers, someday soon everyone with access to a public library could become an inventor or create something

Justin Lynch | July 27, 2015

In the Chicago area, there’s a nearly exact replica of a 10-year-old boy’s head. It’s not an exact replica because, last year, he had a cranial defect. Doctors needed to perform craniofacial surgery on his skull to protect his brain.
Operating on the brain or skull leaves little room for error. “If something goes wrong I can destroy that person's character ... forever,” said noted neurosurgeon Henry Marsh in the 2009 documentary The English Surgeon.

Source: http://makezine.com/2006/12/01/the-makers-bill-of-rights/

<more at http://www.psmag.com/nature-and-technology/libraries-are-the-future-of-manufacturing-in-the-united-states; related links: http://spaug.net/libraries-are-the-future-of-manufacturing-in-the-united-states/ (Libraries Are the Future of Manufacturing in the United States. July 27, 2015) and http://dupress.com/articles/future-of-manufacturing-industry/ (The future of manufacturing. Making things in a changing world. March 31, 2015)>