Distributed manufacturing   

Distributed manufacturing (or Distributed production or local manufacturing) is about being able to produce what you need close to where you are

Enabled by:

• Peer-to-peer (P2P) features that are developing in today's society
• Technology enabling automation of production from designs encoded on computer.

It is still largely in conceptual stages, but examples, especially Fablab, are already prototyped and in use.

Examples:

• Fablab

[edit] See also

• Green manufacturing
• Local food

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