A 3D printing research collaboration between Georgia Institute of Technology and China’s Peking University (Beida) has yielded transformable structures that can support up to 100 times their own…
3D printed eel organs could make rechargeable batteries inside the body
Health monitors, pacemakers, mechanical prosthesis and internal drug dispensers all depend on power. The challenge is either making self-activating devices independent of electricity, or finding a way…
Case Western origami TWISTER mechanism reaches new 3D printing possibilities
折纸模型的智能设计仍在继续to inspire new developments in 3D printing. At Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in Cleveland, Ohio, a team of researchers led by assistant prof…
Urbana-Champaign origami worms fused by 3D printing
Scientists at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign have once again turned to nature and designed a “bio-inspired” crawling robot by combining 3D printing technology with origami, e…
How MIT’s ultimate origami algorithm is unlocking the potential of 3D printers
Two new pieces of research into 3D structures could have novel applications in 3D printing. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers Erik Demaine and Tomohiro Tachi have developed an al…