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An automated system developed by MIT researchers designs and 3-D prints complex robotic parts called actuators that are optimized according to an enormous number of specifications. In short, the system does automatically ...
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Cambridge engineers have developed a high performance printed transistor with flexibility for use in wearable and implantable electronics.
Feb 28, 2019
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Additive manufacturing's promise to revolutionize industry is constrained by a widespread problem: tiny gas pockets in the final product, which can lead to cracks and other failures.
Feb 22, 2019
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A new 3-D printer uses light to transform gooey liquids into complex solid objects in only a matter of minutes.
Jan 31, 2019
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Rather than building up plastic filaments layer by layer, a new approach to 3-D printing lifts complex shapes from a vat of liquid at up to 100 times faster than conventional 3-D printing processes, University of Michigan ...
Jan 11, 2019
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By merging the ancient art of origami with 21st century technology, researchers have created a one-step approach to fabricating complex origami structures whose light weight, expandability, and strength could have applications ...
Oct 22, 2018
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Cheap and easily customizable, 3-D printed devices are perfect for assistive technology, like prosthetics or "smart" pill bottles that can help patients remember to take their daily medications.
Oct 10, 2018
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3-D printing has come a long way since the first "rapid prototyping" patent was rejected in 1980. We've evolved from basic designs to a wide range of highly-customizable objects. Still, there's a big issue: once objects are ...
Jan 29, 2018
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Nature has produced exquisite composite materials—wood, bone, teeth, and shells, for example—that combine light weight and density with desirable mechanical properties such as stiffness, strength and damage tolerance.
Jan 15, 2018
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MIT engineers have devised a 3-D printing technique that uses a new kind of ink made from genetically programmed living cells.
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