Leigh, Simon J. and Purssell, C. P. (2010) A quick cup of coffee. [Image]University of Warwick.

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Abstract

This image shows a miniature coffee cup on top of
a real 5p piece. The cup began life as some liquid
polymer (the stuff plastic is made from) and a digital
model of a cup designed on a computer. The computer
sliced the cup model into layers and fed the images of
the layers one-by-one to a projector. The light from the
projector triggered a chemical reaction in the polymer,
causing it to turn from a liquid into a solid. In this way,
the final solid object was built up a layer at a time. To
design and make a cup this small and detailed with
traditional techniques would normally take days but
this one took just a couple of hours.

Item Type:	Image
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) T Technology > TP Chemical technology
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Physics
Publisher:	University of Warwick
Official Date:	2010
Dates:	Date Event 2010 Published
Publication Status:	Published
Media of Output (format):	.jpg on website
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Description:	Winning submission at the 2010 Snapshots of Science competition.

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