Liquid metal ‘Terminator’ robot inspires 3D printer


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 19 Mar 2015

AMAZING: CLIP is 25 to 100 times faster than traditional 3D printers, and uses synthetic resins with mechanical properties strong enough to make them finished parts, according to DeSimone.

VANCOUVER: A terrifying killer liquid metal robot from a blockbuster Terminator science fiction film has inspired what was heralded here as a revolution in 3D printing. 

Chemist Joseph DeSimone was at the prestigious TED Conference with a new-kind of 3D printer that let creations rise from pools of molten liquid in much the way the dreaded T-1000 robot from the second “Terminator“ film rose from a silvery puddle. 

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