Materials & Manufacturing · Recorded milestone
3D printing
Recorded year1984
Chuck Hull's stereolithography builds objects layer by layer with UV light.
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Led to
- STL 3D model filesRecorded · 1987enables
- Metal additive manufacturingRecorded · 1994enables
- Desktop 3D printerRecorded · 2009enables
- Soft-bodied robotsRecorded · 2011enables
- 3D-printed pillRecorded · 2015enables
- Generative design softwareRecorded · 2018enables
- 3D-printed homesRecorded · 2021enables
- Everyday metamaterialsRecorded · 2022enables
- Bionic hands for under $1,000Forecast · ~2030enables
- Electronics printed on anythingForecast · ~2030enables
- Kitchen food fabricatorForecast · ~2030enables
- Products designed end to end by AIForecast · ~2030enables
- Engineered coastlinesForecast · ~2031enables
- Designing objects that change shapeForecast · ~2035enables
- Bioprinted organsForecast · ~2042enables
- Structures learn how to carry changing loadsForecast · ~2042enables
- Building with lunar soilForecast · ~2060requires
- Desktop chip printerForecast · ~2075enables
Sources & evidence
Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.