frogInsight
As frog's secondary researcher, I look for trends and items of consequence throughout many media types as well as many different industries. One never knows where innovation will happen or what will link together to form a great idea.
Science fiction no longer
-- from new york times --
We may not have flying cars yet, or for a long time, but 'replicators' already exist and are on their way to your kitchen.
"Make your own spatula or SpongeBob key ring. That is the promise of the 3-D printers that may soon be gracing your kitchen or family room.
"They are a lot like normal printers, but instead of using ink, they layer, in one case, nylon powder. With layers of the powder melted into place by a halogen bulb, they build three-dimensional objects. It’s so logical you almost miss that it’s inching up on a “Star Trek” replicator.
"Yet the floor is hardly littered with dropped jaws."
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