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The technology has potential to transform how products from prosthetics to eyeglass lenses are designed and manufactured. A new 3D printer uses light to transform gooey liquids into complex solid objects in only a matter of minutes. Nicknamed the “replicator” by the inventors – after the Star Trek device that can materialize any object on demand – the 3D-printer can create objects that are smoother, more flexible and more complex than what is possible with traditional 3D-printers...