Last spring we told you about MIT's Skylar Tibbits, whose TED talk made the idea of 4D printing famous. The process self-assembles a 3D-printed object underwater using Stratasys's materials and its ...

Abstract: 4D-scans of dynamic deformable human body parts help researchers have a better understanding of spatiotemporal features. However, reconstructing 4D-scans utilizing multiple asynchronous ...

Abstract: In this paper, we present methods for capturing 4D body shapes of swimming fish with affordable small training datasets and textureless 2D videos. Automated capture of spatiotemporal animal ...

Using a new technique known as 4D printing, researchers can print out dynamic 3D structures capable of changing their shapes over time. Such 4D-printed items could one day be used in everything from ...

During embryogenesis, organs undergo dynamic shape transformations that sculpt their final shape, composition, and function. Despite this, current organ bioprinting approaches typically employ bioinks ...

Nowadays, 3D printing allows items to be created from a wide variety of materials — plastic, ceramic, glass, metal and even stranger ingredients such as chocolate and living cells. The machines work ...

Combining materials with different swelling ratios creates structures that transform into tubes when exposed to water. (Courtesy: Yu Bin Lee) Materials that controllably change shape over time – often ...

Massachusetts design studio Nervous System has developed a method of 3D-printing jewellery and garments with articulated joints so they automatically change shape once removed from the printer (+ ...

Three dimensional printing is about to become so passé – welcome to the world of 4D printing. A team of scientists has created a technique for printing objects that can change their shape over time ...