{"id":3261,"date":"2013-03-01T14:37:14","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T19:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cis.bentley.edu\/sandbox\/?p=3261"},"modified":"2013-03-01T14:37:14","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T19:37:14","slug":"4d-printed-objects-make-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cissandbox.bentley.edu\/sandbox\/index.php\/2013\/03\/01\/4d-printed-objects-make-themselves\/","title":{"rendered":"4D printed objects ‘make themselves’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThanks go to arbelhk on YouTube for the 4D printing video.<\/p>\n

For those who are interested in future technological trends, this article<\/strong><\/a> reports on a new experimental technology in development at MIT: a 3D printer<\/strong><\/a> 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.”<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. 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