![Real-World Star Trek-like 'Replicator' Makes Objects Appear Out Of Nowhere](https://hight3ch.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/real-world-star-trek-like-replic-800x440.jpg)
Researchers at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory invented a new 3D printer, which they nicknamed “replicator” after the infamous Star Trek device. The printer makes objects appear seemingly out of thin air by using an off-the-shelf video projector to beam light into a cylinder of light-sensitive resin.