Skylar Tibbits
BMW Leads Seed Round for Rubber 3D Printing Startup Rapid Liquid Print
Boston 3D printing company Rapid Liquid Print (RLP) is working to make a new class of 3D printers that can effortlessly build large-scale, high-resolution, soft, and stretchable products using industry-grade…
Custom Furniture Built in Minutes: MIT Self-Assembly Lab Teams Up With Furniture Manufacturer to Develop New 3D Printing Process
From knit chairs, concrete furniture, and beer bottle furniture joints to miniature furniture, foldable furniture, and custom furniture manufactured for customers in a pop-up shop, 3D printing has sure made an impact…
MIT Self-Assembly Lab: Might Your 4D Smartphone One Day Build Itself?
One must wonder what Alexander Graham Bell would think today. While he was credited with the invention of the telephone, it’s hard to decide who to give credit to first…
The Jamming Phenomenon: 3D Printing with String & Rocks May Change the Face of Architecture
Just pull the string and the whole thing comes down. While that’s some highly engineered string, the concept may simplify the world of architecture and construction in terms of materials…
3D and 4D Printing Will Allow Clothing and Consumer Products to Think For Us
Massachusetts Institute of Technology is widely considered the epicenter of the world’s technological innovation, and nothing is more on the forefront of the future than the MIT Media Lab. At…
MIT’s New 3D Printed Future Shoe Concept Will Assemble Itself
Growing up my mother always gave me a simple bit of advice that has not only stuck with me, but has never failed to be accurate. That advice? Never buy…
3D Printing Goes 4D with Smart Memory Materials That Self-Assemble
The concept of 4D printing, a term coined by Skylar Tibbits in his 2013 Ted Talk, was developed to create materials that could be manufactured or assembled in one configuration…
Where is the 4D Printing Market Headed? — Report Says $555.6M Annually by 2025
It’s called 4D printing, and it represents a radical shift in rapid prototyping where multi-material capable prints make use of embedded design to transform from one shape to another via…
Hod Lipson Steps Down From ‘3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing’ Journal, Skylar Tibbits Takes Over Role
If you run a business or are a researcher within the 3D printing space, or are simply interested in staying up to date on the latest research and trends within…
