3D printing technology will soon offer people the ability to manufacture a wide variety of products in their own homes, but it will also, basically, transform consumer product companies into software companies. As we are seeing now with Uber and AirBnB, that is going to completely alter the legal responsibilities that these new “software companies” will be required to bear, and it will potentially shift them onto the consumer themselves. 3D printing may alter the way that we buy and use products in some new and exciting ways, but it is also going to dramatically alter the actual role of the consumer, and the responsibilities that they will have by participating in what I’m calling a ‘gig-manufacturing’ economy. You can read more about the future of manufacturing and liability laws over on 3DPrint.com: https://3dprint.com/129599/gig-manufacturing-liability/