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Computers: Factory In a Kit.(printer by Cornell University )(Brief article)
Newsweek International, February, 2007
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Byline: Patrick Falby
Homemade goods aren't usually made by machine, but soon they may be. Researchers at Cornell University have created a low-cost home-assembly device that can make three-dimensional objects. It hooks up to a PC, like a printer, and uses an injector to deposit material, building up an object layer by layer. "We have printed a variety of simple objects like a watchband, a squirt bottle, and various 3-D geometrical shapes and texts, from soft ...
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