Thanks go to arbelhk on YouTube for the 4D printing video.
For those who are interested in future technological trends, this article reports on a new experimental technology in development at MIT: a 3D printer that creates objects that put themselves together. This self-assembly feature has led one of its creators, Skylar Tibbits, to call the technology “4D printing.”
It obviously cannot make true 4D hypercubes in our 3D-limited world. But if 4D printing expands to account for complex shapes and multiple materials, it could lead to revolutionary reorganizations of the assemble-to-stock supply chains typically used to make many products such as furniture and vehicles. This is definitely a possible technology to keep an eye on.
