Keynote address by Todd Grimm at TCT Live 2010 (Coventry, UK) discussing additive manufacturing and the need to segement, de-hype and colloborate to make wise decsions.

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Todd Grimm
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Sweeping Changes

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Sweeping Changes

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Sweeping Changes

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Sweeping Changes
OPTIMISM

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Hobbyist

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Manufacturer

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Segmentation
 Industry
 Vendors
 Users
 Question
 What segment?
 On who’s authority?
 Compartmentalize

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Hype Cycle
Technology Trigger
Peak of Inflated Expectations
Trough of Disillusionment
Slope of Enlightenment
Plateau of Productivity
Source: Gartner Consulting

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Hype Cycle
Source: Gartner Consulting
Technology Trigger
Peak of Inflated Expectations
Trough of Disillusionment
Slope of Enlightenment
Plateau of Productivity

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Hype Cycle
Source: Gartner Consulting
Technology Trigger
Peak of Inflated Expectations
Trough of Disillusionment
Slope of Enlightenment
Plateau of Productivity

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Hype: Low-Cost 3D Printers

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Low-Cost 3D Printers

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Low-Cost 3D Printers

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Low-Cost 3D Printers
Education
Hobbyist
Boot-Strapper/
Entrepreneur

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Low-Cost 3D Printers
3-D Printing Spurs a Manufacturing Revolution
On This Curriculum: The Future
The Desktop Manufacturing Revolution

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Collaboration

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Recap
 Segmentation
 Disassociation
 Collaboration
3D Printer Benchmark:
www.tagrimm.com./benchmark-2010
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