Tech way to the future: A 3D printer on display at IFA, Berlin. The UN wants more countries to invest in fields like 3D printing to spur future economic growth.
GENEVA: Japan, the United States but also increasingly China, are among the few nations driving global innovations like 3D-printing, the UN said Wednesday, urging more investments in fields expected to carry future economic growth.
In a report on the importance of vanguard innovation on economic growth, the World Intellectual Property Organisation said nearly all patents within the cutting-edge areas of 3D printing, robotics and nanotechnology were held by a handful of countries.
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