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Direct linkChen, Angela – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2012
The ability to print a 3-D object may sound like science fiction, but it has been around in some form since the 1980s. Also called rapid prototyping or additive manufacturing, the idea is to take a design from a computer file and forge it into an object, often in flat cross-sections that can be assembled into a larger whole. While the printer on…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Engineering, Campuses, Intellectual Property
Wheeler, David L. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1992
Computer operators using the technique of three-dimensional printing or rapid prototyping may soon be able to sculpt an object on the screen and within minutes, have a paper, plastic, or ceramic version of the object in hand. The process uses the principle that physical objects can be created in layers. (MSE)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Design, Computers, Engineering, Higher Education
