3-D printing sweeps toy manufacturing off the shelves

Thursday, July 20, 2017 - 13:32 in Mathematics & Economics

People have scoffed that 3-D printers are simply toys themselves. But they probably didn't realize how much money is made off playthings. Do-it-yourself manufacturing -- making goods at home with a 3-D printer using open source designs from a free online repository -- has a multi-million-dollar impact on the overall toy industry.

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