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Just when I had started to wrap my head around the concept of 3D printing, 4D printing has emerged. 
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Live from the EMtech conference in Singapore, Skylar Tibbits, Director at Self Assembly Lab, MIT, discusses how he plans to make print objects smarter with 4D printing.
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The U.S. Army Research Office has just thrown some money the way of 4D printing—but what, exactly, is all the fuss about? This beautiful video goes a long way to showing us why the technology is so exciting.
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The U.S. Army Research Office has just thrown some money the way of 4D printing—but what, exactly, is all the fuss about? This beautiful video goes a long way to showing us why the technology is so exciting.
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4D Printing Self-Assembled Shapes Using Shape Memory Plastics Last spring we told you about MIT's Skylar Tibbits, whose TED talk made the idea of 4D printing famous.
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Imagine what you might do if you could print your own solar panels. That's kind of the dream behind Shawn Frayne and Alex Hornstein's Solar Pocket Factory -- although they see it more as the "microbrewery" of panel production rather than a tool for everyone's garage. With over $70,000 of backing from a successful Kickstarter campaign, the inventors are now working on refining the prototype. If all goes well, by April they'll have a machine that can spit out a micro solar panel every few seconds. In the meantime, Frayne stopped by Flora Lichtman's backyard with a few pieces of the prototype to explain how the mini-factory will work. Via jean lievens, Harish Rajpal
Brittney's curator insight,
November 23, 2013 10:53 AM
Amazing, this is why the future looks so bright!
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In the next industrial revolution, will we manufacture goods, or will they construct themselves? Michael Reilly sits down with architect and computer scientist Skylar Tibbits to talk about 4D printing, programmable matter and the future of things You run the Self-Assembly lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. What does "self-assembly" mean?
But when you impart some energy – shake the glass – they come together. Shake harder, and it comes apart again. You have these different states based on how much energy you put into the system; you don't control where every piece ...
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Soundview Technology Group Predicts A Potential Price Target For GTMM Of .50 - $1.50 Read The Full Report Here http://t.co/YVhMgg5Zkn
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4D Printing Profit Potential Makes Me Drool
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The RadCam 2-axis handheld robotic stabilization system powered by 2 brushless motors, designed specifically for the GoPro Hero 3 & 3+ Via airwolf3d
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October 24, 2013 6:13 PM
"The design started out on paper, and numerous sketches were drawn to visualize the first prototype.........he took to their Airwolf 3D printer to create the first parts. After several tests to make sure things fit properly, and several 3D prints later, the RadCam Sport was ready for testing."
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The researchers advanced this concept by creating composite materials that can morph into several different, complicated shapes based on a different physical mechanism.
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US Army invests into 4D printing, wants to make self-altering camo TweakTown The US Army Resarch Office has coughed up $855,000 to researchers at three different universities: Harvard's School of Engineering & Applied Science,
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4D Printing Holds Special Potential For The Healthcare Industry - Health IT Outcomes (press release)
4D Printing Holds Special Potential For The Healthcare Industry Health IT Outcomes (press release) To make something 4D, though, Tibbits feeds the printer a precise geometric code based on the object's own angles and dimensions
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A brief introduction to 4D printing on Innovation curated by Christian Bartosik (A brief introduction to 4D printing | @scoopit http://t.co/sdWMl4RONJ)...
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The objects that come out of design firm Nervous System’s 3D printers may look like a crumpled ball at first, but when you unravel them they transform into dresses, jewelry and other flexible, wearable items. Geometric designs integrated into the items can make them rigid or soft. http://www.dezeen.com/2013/12/03/kinematics-4d-printed-shape-changing-jewellery-by-nervous-system/ http://gigaom.com/2013/12/03/4d-printed-shape-changing-dress-and-jewelery-by-nervous-system/
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The U.S. Army Research Office has just thrown some money the way of 4D printing—but what, exactly, is all the fuss about? This beautiful video goes a long way to showing us why the technology is so exciting.
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In the next industrial revolution, will we manufacture goods, or will they construct themselves? architect and computer scientist Skylar Tibbits talks about 4-D printing, programmable matter, and the future of things. Via Mike Busarello's Digital Storybooks
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Entering a new dimension: 4-D printing
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Using a 3D printer, people can already determine the length, width and depth of an object that they create. Now, however, a fourth dimension can now be included. Via Harish Rajpal
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An M.I.T. lab is tweaking the idea of 3-D printing with the help of smart materials that continue to change even after they leave the printer (What Is 4-D Printing?
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New 4D printing technique to enable shape-changing objects Times of India The team led by H Jerry Qi, associate professor of mechanical engineering at CU-Boulder, and his collaborator Martin L Dunn of the Singapore University of Technology and...
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The question is why would the US Army invest this amount (not a very big grant, anyway) in 4D printing
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Tibbits and his team combined a strand of plastic with a layer made out of 'smart' material that could self-assemble in water.
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Scientists take "4D printing" a step further
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4D Printing Technology for Composite Materials
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