3D printers are going to change the world - and the future of work for everyone

[nichomachus]

57. I've seen -- you just wait

Tablets have unchained workers from their desks. People in a warehouse can enter data without having to run back to a terminal somewhere. Managers can actually interact with office systems while sitting in an airport and without having to balance a laptop on their knees. Baseball scouts can enter data while sitting in the stands, in the back of a taxi, or at home.

Laptops changed the way business operated -- and now tablets will replace the laptops.

I was in a restaurant recently that used iPads as the menu. It was brilliant. You could see pictures of everything. You could expand food items and wine choices. The restaurant can put the specials right on the menu on the fly, so you don't have to listen to a recitation and then try to remember them. They can also remove items that aren't available that day. No reprinting of menus -- or handing out outdated menus to half the party.