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Engineers are combining mechanical computing with 3D printing as part of an effort to create 'sentient' materials that can respond to changes in their surroundings, even in extreme environments that would destroy electronic components, such as high radiation, heat or pressure.
Feb 20th, 2019
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It looks like something you might find aboard the Starship Enterprise. A projector beams a three-dimensional video into a container of photosensitive resin. The video plays while the container rotates for a few minutes - then the fluid drains, leaving behind a complete, fully formed 3D object.
Feb 13th, 2019
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Instead of throwing away your broken boots or cracked toys, why not let them fix themselves? Researchers have developed 3D-printed rubber materials that can do just that.
Feb 5th, 2019
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Researchers develop a method for dynamic 3D-printing - microstructures can be moved by light and temperature.
Jan 29th, 2019
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Structures can contract, reshape and grab objects while floating on water.
Jan 23rd, 2019
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Using stimuli-responsive materials and geometric principles, engineers have designed structures that have 'embodied logic.' Through their physical and chemical makeup alone, they are able to determine which of multiple possible responses to make in response to their environment.
Jan 15th, 2019
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Researchers have designed and fabricated a fast-response, stiffness tunable soft actuator which is able to complete a softening-stiffening cycle within 32 seconds.
Jan 15th, 2019
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Scientists have created a recipe for a renewable 3D printing feedstock that could spur a profitable new use for an intractable biorefinery byproduct: lignin.
Dec 19th, 2018
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Researchers have 3-D printed a novel microfluidic device that simulates cancer treatments on biopsied tumor tissue - and keeps the tissue alive for days - so clinicians can better examine how individual patients will respond to different therapeutics.
Dec 13th, 2018
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To ensure the digital networking of production systems and the optimization of material-specific requirements, we need to measure, analyze and replicate the changes in material properties in a process in which 'digital twins' of materials are created.
Dec 4th, 2018
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Bioengineers have developed a 3D bioprinting technique that works with natural materials and is easy to use, allowing researchers of varying levels of technical expertise to produce lifelike organ tissue models.
Nov 28th, 2018
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Complete laser systems out of the 3D printer? What sounds like a long way off is the goal of a new research project.
Nov 28th, 2018
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In order to accelerate the mathematical modeling for 3D printing, researchers have developed a neural network.
Nov 15th, 2018
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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 in everything from biomedical devices to equipment used in space exploration.
Oct 22nd, 2018
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The advancement, which the research team calls 'PrinTracker', could ultimately help law enforcement and intelligence agencies track the origin of 3D-printed guns, counterfeit products and other goods.
Oct 18th, 2018
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Researchers directly print functional photodetectors on curved surface.
Oct 18th, 2018
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