Making Our Own Futures.

BOOKS; CREATIVE ability; FORECASTING; INFORMATION resources management; INFORMATION technology; PUBLISHING; ELECTRONIC publications

The author looks at trends in digital libraries. Manufacturer of low-cost consumer applications of additive technology MakerBot Industries LLC has opened a retail outlet to demonstrate what can be done with additive manufacturing technology. Prezi founder Peter Halacsy has developed Zoomable user interfaces (ZUI) for information management and retrieval. He notes the success of crowdsourcing in which marketers and firms use their clients as problem solvers to enhance knowledge bases.