Chapter 9. From Virtual to Real
A few years ago, if you had an idea for a vase or a pen holder, and you wanted it to be turned into a physical object that you could put on your desk, you would have started drawing blueprints. Depending on the material, you would have started carving wood, created a mould, made articles of clay, or paid someone to do it for you. But at the wake of this century, another opportunity presented itself—designing the object you like on your computer and feeding it to a 3D printer.
