Democratization and Disintermediation: Disruptive Technologies and the Future of Making Things

The forces of democratization and disintermediation, largely unleashed by the software revolution, have already remade several major industries, among them computing, publishing, and retail. Democratization and disintermediation are related forces; disintermediation removes traditional barriers to a...

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Published inResearch technology management Vol. 58; no. 6; pp. 31 - 37
Main Authors Hoover, Steve, Lee, Lawrence
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Arlington Taylor & Francis 01.11.2015
Industrial Research Institute, Inc
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
3-D printers
3D printing
Additive manufacturing
Blogs
Business models
CAM
Computer aided manufacturing
Computers
Democratization
Disintermediation
Empowerment
Innovations
International
Manufacturers
Manufacturing
Manufacturing value chain
Mobile commerce
Online instruction
Personal computers
Power
Publishing
Robotics
Software
Studies
Value chain
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Summary:The forces of democratization and disintermediation, largely unleashed by the software revolution, have already remade several major industries, among them computing, publishing, and retail. Democratization and disintermediation are related forces; disintermediation removes traditional barriers to accessing tools and markets, and democratization encourages one-time consumers to also become producers, sharing their ideas and innovations freely. 3D printing and related technologies are rapidly bringing these forces to manufacturing, forever changing how we make things.
ISSN:0895-6308
1930-0166
DOI:10.5437/08956308X5806069