Beware anyone who believes, as futurist Gray Scott does, that age-reversal science will seriously emerge by 2025, even if they offer the caveat that it will be “extraordinarily expensive, complex and risky,” but some of the other areas of his IEET article “Seven Emerging Technologies That Will Change the World Forever” are quite plausible.

One in particular I think true is the popularization of 3D printers seriously disrupting Big Auto. Startups in garages used to be primarily for computer companies, but soon, quite fittingly, new cars may be coming from them as well.

An excerpt:

3D Printing

Today we already have 3D printers that can print clothing, circuit boards, furniture, homes and chocolate. A company called BigRep has created a 3D printer called the BigRep ONE.2 that enables designers to create entire tables, chairs or coffee tables in one print. Did you get that?

You can now buy a 3D printer and print furniture!

Fashion designers like Iris van Herpen, Bryan Oknyansky, Francis Bitonti, Madeline Gannon, and Daniel Widrig have all broken serious ground in the 3D printed fashion movement. These avant-garde designs may not be functional for the average consumer so what is one to do for a regular tee shirt? Thankfully a new Field Guided Fabrication 3D printer called ELECTROLOOM has arrived that can print and it may put a few major retail chains out of business. The ELECTROLOOM enables anyone to create seamless fabric items on demand.

So what is next? 3D printed cars. Yes, cars. Divergent Microfactories (DM) has recently created a first 3D printed high-performance car called the Blade. This car is no joke. The Blade has a chassis weight of just 61 pounds, goes 0-60 MPH in 2.2 seconds and is powered by a 4-cylinder 700-horsepower bi-fuel internal combustion engine.•