TY - JOUR KW - 3D Printing KW - Distributed Fabrication KW - Cambrian-like Explosion KW - Technological Social Enablers AU - Juan Luis Chulilla-Cano AB - The unexpected appearance of 3D printing has caught many of technology analyst by surprise. In this paper we aim to provide a social context to the feedback loops that have generated this rapid evolution of technologies and skills involved in 3D printing, as well as and online communities related with 3D printing and the impact of this evolution on media an popular imaginary and our near future. IS - Special Issue on Computer Science and Software Engineering M1 - 4 N2 - The unexpected appearance of 3D printing has caught many of technology analyst by surprise. In this paper we aim to provide a social context to the feedback loops that have generated this rapid evolution of technologies and skills involved in 3D printing, as well as and online communities related with 3D printing and the impact of this evolution on media an popular imaginary and our near future. PY - 2011 SP - 30 EP - 32 T2 - International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence TI - The Cambrian Explosion of Popular 3D Printing UR - http://www.ijimai.org/journal/sites/default/files/IJIMAI20111_4_5.pdf VL - 1 SN - 1989-1660 ER -