The day the world became 3D

• Autores: Chuck Hull
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3096, 2016, págs. 40-41
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Brooks recalls the moment Chuck Hull invented the 3D printing. Around the world, thousands of people who are missing limbs are wearing custom-fitted replacements. In operating theatres, surgeons are using 3D replicas of their patients' bodies to guide operations. That's the kind of thing that makes Hull very, very happy--because he invented the technology that made it possible. Hull is being typically modest: back in 1983 his idea was a flash of inspiration. At the time, he was working for a small US company using high-intensity UV light to set, or cure, liquid plastic into solid. One of its products was a coating for a table