The Risks of Revolution: Ethical Dilemmas in 3D Printing from a US Perspective.
Additive manufacturing has spread widely over the past decade, especially with the availability of home 3D printers. In the future, many items may be manufactured at home, which raises two ethical issues. First, there are questions of safety. Our current safety regulations depend on centralized manu...
| Published in: | Science & Engineering Ethics Vol. 22; no. 5; pp. 1285 - 1298 |
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