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 Faculty of Science > Physics
Publisher:	University of Warwick
Date:	2010
Publication Status:	Published
Media of Output:	.jpg on website
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Description:	Winning submission at the 2010 Snapshots of Science competition.
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/46553

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