This is a technology still in its infancy.
The entire world will be changed by this tech. Today it is crude 3-D printing. Soon it will be an order of magnitude more advanced and will become a desktop assembler.
Small assemblers in the home will create tools, food, utensils, electronic devices, clothing, shoes..etc
Large assemblers will create cars, planes, bicycles..etc
Enormous mobile assemblers will create houses.
Biological assemblers will create hearts, kidneys, hands, feet, fingers, skin...etc
It’s coming... it will change the world.
Its advance is exponential..NOT linear.
And so goes more of our manufacturing base.
Looks like they’ve invented the ‘Replicator’ from Star Trek. I wonder if in a few evolutions if we don’t start losing the use of our hands, with the exception of typing, although the youth pretty much only uses thumbs anyway for texting and gaming.. :-(
Will there be a way to create new butts for old guys so their pants don’t fall down all the time? ;-)
Been reading Eric Drexler? He was extremely far sighted.