Contributing editor, Malcolm Wheatley, examines additive manufacturing and the knock-on effects as it transitions into the mainstream.
In late 2014, astronauts on the International Space Station had a need for a ratcheting socket wrench. The International Space Station (image courtesy of Nasa). The only problem: there wasn’t one on the space station, and it might take months for it to be sent aloft on one the station’s regular…
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