Over the past decade the record industry has seen a monumental shift in the way creators make and distribute their product to fans. The same thing is about to happen to the design and manufacturing of all physical goods.
The potential already exists for people with ordinary means and a good idea for a product to take charge of their own means of production and to reach consumers directly.
However, everyone talks about 3D printing and digital manufacturing like the future is already here, but so far what we've seen from that space is a lot of plastic doodads and not a lot of new businesses or "killer apps" that use 3D printing.
Inventables CEO Zach Kaplan will break down what's really going on in the digital manufacturing space and introduce a new technology that will actually fulfill the promise of Desktop Manufacturing, and how those fit into the rapidly changing landscape of consumer goods.