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www.anglophonie.fr page 1/2 3D Printing (Live WSJ.com, 2013) http://live.wsj.com/video/with-3d-printing-imagination-is-the-only-limit/F1774F99-8981-45BA-8B9C673882AB9158.html#!F1774F99-8981-45BA-8B9C-673882AB9158 Well, we heard Will.I.Am speak about 3D printers, but we wanted to know more. The Wall Street Journal (reporter) Diana Jou (reports) on the revolutionary printer that can make everything from medical equipment to clothing. Imagine this: you need a flashlight. You go online, download a special file, send it to a desktop printer and a real flashlight, fully assembled, materializes in a few hours. So this torch has, basically, two materials, one of them is a white, rigid material, and a rubber material, and the printer can assemble each part of this torch in one piece and it comes out of the printer fully assembled. Later on we added batteries and electronics and you have an operating torch. Known as 3D printing, the technology allows machines to print real-life objects. Everyone from fashion designers to oral surgeons are using it. Here’s how it works: a designer creates an object using a 3D drafting software, then sends it to the printer. The printer takes the data and creates ultra-thin slices of the object, then builds it layer by layer. The laser-sharp detailing can even print an intricate dress like this one, featured in Paris Fashion Week, made by designer Iris Von Herpen. Printing detailed medical models ahead of an operation means doctors are cutting down on surgery time. We would be able to reduce our surgical time at least (by) a quarter. Now we can print the 3D model of the patient and then we can present the metal plates, and then during the operation we just fit it onto the jawbone of the patient. It makes the operation smoother and safer. It’s a digital technology that allows printing into over a hundred and twenty different types of materials. So anything that you can design, you can actually print. So you really, you’re only limited by your imagination. And your designs can come to life through online printing services, like Shapeways and Materialize. I’m Diana Jou for the Wall Street Journal. Vocabulary 01. a flashlight (US) / a torch (UK) 02. desktop printer 03. basically 04. a rubber material 05. in one piece 06. later on 07. surgeon 08. drafting software 09. ultra-thin slices 10. layer by layer 11. the laser-sharp detailing 12. an intricate dress 13. featured 14. ahead of an operation une lampe de poche imprimante de bureau en fait une matière en caoutchouc en un seul morceau plus tard chirurgien un logiciel de dessin des tranches ultra fines couche par couche les détails précis faits au laser une robe complexe / finement ouvragée présentée avant une intervention chirurgicale page 2/2 15. means doctors are cutting down 16. we just fit it 17. the jawbone 18. it makes the operation smoother and safer 19. anything you can design signifie que les médecins peuvent réduire il nous suffit de la poser le maxillaire / la mâchoire cela rend l’opération plus facile et plus sûre tout ce que vous pouvez concevoir