Tag 4D printing

Skylar Tibbits is developing 4D printing at the Self Assembly Lab at MIT. “Parts come together on their own. There’s no sensors, no motors.” The self assembly can be triggered by heat, motion, pressure, water, and other stimuli. A possible…

With 4D printing, different properties are embedded into the various parts of the 3D printed object enabling it to self-assemble into a new object when the printing is done. This is still experimental with obvious huge potential and possibilities. 4D…