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AMA: Ben Reinhardt, Speculative Technologies
Is additive manufacturing, or 3D printing using different materials / composites, a viable alternative to manufacturing processes today? Or will the cost curve & material integrity never be as good when compared to high volume standardized manufacturing?
11yI suspect that for situations where you want millions of the exact same thing,
3D printing will never replace high volume standardized manufacturing.
However, you could imagine a world where additive manufacturing does become much
cheaper and faster to the point where many more things are made with subtle
customizations, or made on premise, etc. New paradigms almost never replace the
old thing directly, but take over by changing the way things are done and
measured.
AMA: Ben Reinhardt, Speculative Technologies
Industry 4.0 is a popular marketing slogan for, broadly, the future of manufacturing. What's your take on the harder science / tech underpinning this positioning? Anything you're particularly excited about?
What startup opportunities do you think exist now in the manufacturing sector in the United States?