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Chip-based 3D printer powered by silicon photonics demonstrated
Original: Silicon-photonics-enabled chip-based 3D printer (2024)
Researchers have presented a silicon-photonics-enabled chip-based 3D printer, detailed in a 2024 paper in Light: Science & Applications. The approach integrates optical components on a chip to enable additive manufacturing at tiny scales, a shift from conventional bulk-optical 3D printing systems. Readers on Hacker News are discussing the engineering behind it and what miniaturized 3D printing could mean for manufacturing and lab-on-chip applications.
Why now: A novel demonstration of miniaturizing 3D printing hardware onto a photonic chip is generating technical interest.
Light: Science & Applicationssilicon photonics3D printing
Evidence
- Silicon-photonics-enabled chip-based 3D printer (2024) · peter_d_sherman · 10
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