The educational spending on 3D printing will more than double to $ 400 m in 2009 from $ 200 m this year with most of the increase coming from technical colleges and universities , according to Campus Research . Education , as opposed to technology , will represent the vast proportion of the increased spending .
US educational spending on 3D printing will more than double to $500m in 2009 from $200m this year with most of the increase coming from technical colleges and universities, according to Campus Technology. Materials, as opposed to printers, will represent the vast proportion of the increased spend.