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Patent filing reveals Amazon's idea to 3D-print products on delivery trucks
Why bother with delivery by drone when you can deliver — and make — the product on the same truck? That appears to be the thinking behind a patent application filed by Amazon Technologies and published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The application, titled “Providing Services Related to Item Delivery via 3D Manufacturing on Demand,” describes a system for electronically taking an order, making it using 3D printing or similar manufacturing methods...
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So let me get this straight. It's basically a patent for 3d printing, but on a delivery truck. This is exacly what is wrong with the patent system..
It makes me think what could have been ruined by patents. Food trucks? It's a kitchen, but in a truck! Patent.
A factory in a van. Welcome to the new age.