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3D printing has been around since the 1980s. It has exploded in popularity since key patents began to run out in the 2000s, and by the mid-2010s low-cost 3D printers were everywhere. In the ensuing excitement, there was a lot of hype and a sense that soon everyone would have a 3D printer at home and would manufacture some large part of their consumer goods.
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Horvath, J., Cameron, R. (2020). Why Use a 3D Printer?. In: Mastering 3D Printing. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5842-2_1
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