Print your city? 3-D printing is revolutionizing urban futures

The process of 3-D printing layers materials to create three-dimensional objects using digital

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equipment. Local makers are given access to fabrication labs equipped with technology to learn and

this incubation environment can develop future entrepreneurs.

The fabrication city model emerged around 2011, developed by the MIT's Centre for Bits and Atoms and by over 1,000 Maker Centres that give local makers access to 3-D printing and other production tools. There are also neighbourhoods and city clusters that facilitate the maker movement.

Source https://phys.org/news/2019-03-city-d-revolutionizing-urban-futures.html