“3D printing is going to transform our societies, our freedoms and our sense of security.”

— Nayef Al-Rodhan

Printing the Future? http://www.isn.ethz.ch/Digital-Library/Articles/Detail/?ots591=4888caa0-b3db-1461-98b9-e20e7b9c13d4&lng=en&id=172924 - ISN ETH Zurich, November 2013

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