>>13635898Robotics and automation are going to be the next big thing. The holy grail for that industry would be artificial muscle, some sort of rubber that contracts when electricity is applied.
Another industry in its infancy is printing food. We are getting labs that grow meat, but what about vegetables and oils? Imaging the reduction in waste when you can just print beans or peas without any of the waste from plant stakes, leaves, etc. This will be especially important with the ever-growing human population, climate change, death of farmland, etc.
