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Entrepreneurs Take On Manufacturing

Harvard Business Review

As a result, software-enabled manufacturing start-ups are poised to have a large economic impact. Examples of this trend include the Pebble , a Kickstarter-funded project that has now sold over one million smart watches (and which predated Google’s Android Wear smart watch and the Apple Watch).

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The Trade War with China Could Accelerate 3-D Printing in the U.S.

Harvard Business Review

Fed up with Beijing’s industrial espionage, market manipulation, and cyber attacks on the West, coupled with its bullying of neighbors and repression at home, the Trump administration announced a series of strong steps to fight back. Companies that move especially quickly could pioneer the next stage of additive manufacturing.