4D printing research
Tokyo Researchers Demonstrate Unaided Self-Folding 4D Printed Origami
A group from The University of Tokyo’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems recently published an article about their method to 4D print high resolution self-folding origami structures. Their…
3D Printing News Briefs, March 4, 2023: Rebranding, Superalloys, & More
We’re starting off with business in today’s 3D Printing News Briefs, as 3dpbm rebrands as VoxelMatters, Xaba closes a seed funding round, and CORE Industrial Partners, and its portfolio company…
Rice University Researchers Develop a New 4D Printing Method to Create Shapeshifting Materials
Researchers at Rice University‘s Brown School of Engineering created a new method to 3D print objects that can be manipulated to take on alternate forms when exposed to changes in…
International Research Yields New Concepts for Control-Based 4D Printing in Adaptive Systems
Researchers from Australia and the UK are venturing beyond the already complex level of 3D design, releasing the findings of their recent study in ‘Control-Based 4D Printing: Adaptive 4D-Printed Systems.’…
Exceptional Metamaterials Are Reconfigurable & Deployable Through 4D Printing
3D printing may allow for infinite innovation in design and production, but some designers, engineers, and researchers feel constricted by the fixed qualities—leading them to expand with 4D printing and…
