3D printing has absolutely nothing to do with printing - it has everything to do with manufacturing.
But 3D Printing is just the tip of the spear. Much like the first connected vending machine, back in 1999, 3D printing will be remembered as a triviality, less than the Stanley Steamer - forgotten.
Why? 3D printing uses "reductive" or "additive" modeling which is useful, but not all that sophisticated. Once a model is "carved out" or "glued together", it remains just that, a model. More complex models can be assembled in this manner; shoes, jewelry, gears, and machinery. Not bad...but there's more.
If one could combine nano-technology, with autonomous computers - let's call them 'Catoms' - and let's say there are millions of these tiny little 'bots each physically connected and universally tasked to move and act in unison - now that would be something.
Well, strap in all you shape-changing wanna be's, the future of everything is upon us, again.
It's not print, it's not printing. It's closer, once again, to the HoloDeck and Replicator of Trek.
A couch that can turn into a chair...
A tablet that can becomes a PC...
A semi-truck that can transform into a ...
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