Saturday, October 5, 2013

4D Printers

This is pretty cool, researchers are trying to add a 4th dimension to 3D printing. What they are trying to do is print material that can change over time, not just shape, but based on some external stimuli, change of behavior. I find this incredibly interesting.

The article is titled, "’4D printing’ adaptive materials" and is found on kurzweilai.net
Read the article at http://www.kurzweilai.net/4d-printing-adaptive-materials.

A great Ted talk on this same topic:

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