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Author Brooks, Michael.
Source New Scientist. v. 167 no2258, Sep. 30 2000, p. 24-7.
Abstract Researchers are on the point of designing a magic box that can bring items from the imagination into the hard-edged material world. The technical name for this box is a 3-D printer. The technology is advancing fast, and the 3-D printer is already a success with engineers. The true power of the technique will come, however, when 3-D printers can combine production materials, allowing the creation of composite products. XX