Publicerad: 2012-06-18
ISBN: 978-91-7519-849-1
ISSN: 1650-3686 (tryckt), 1650-3740 (online)
This paper considers the possible impacts of additive layer manufacturing (3D printing) on current global socio technical systems concerned with the manufacture and distribution of goods and how the introduction of this technology might disrupt the secondary school technology curriculum.
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