Collaborative economy: will our lives change?

Internet collaboration is entering all spheres of our lives thanks to technology. Many different sectors are affected by the developments, such as manufacturing, design, funding mechanisms, or even communications and transport. The European Parliament's Scientific Foresight (STOA) workshop on 27 January 2015 dealt with broad range of these ‘information age’ topics. This workshop was part of a project to assess the impact and potential of collaborative internet and additive manufacturing technologies.