The Meshverse Journal

Another emerging practical use of the meshverse:
World View provides a location-oriented view of a software development project. It is built on Google Maps, and allows project managers and developers to see the inter-team relationships in a global project. A particular focus, again, is on visualizing conflicts, though future work includes other kinds of dependencies.
Side-by-Side [...]

There are many meanings for the term prosumer, but all of them are compatible with the emerging 3d printing revolution. reBang is right on point in his characterization of the social/community aspects of what is happening:
The RepRap team is clearly recognizing what might be called a social problem with the development of their device: [...]

If you’re interested in how Second Life can be used in business, global engineering and electronics giant Siemens has a page with an excellent video and link to their even more informative island in Second Life.
Collaboration is the core of PLM and the heart of how UGS PLM Software does business. To enable collaboration [...]