Skylar Tibbits

4D printed materials that transform underwater

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As said by Tibbits,” Possibilities from 4D printed materials that transform underwater, or fibers that snap into a particular shape. We want to think about what’s coming next and see if we can really lead that worked with Steelcase to develop a process for 3D printing plastic into the liquid for furniture parts, called rapid liquid printing. This process prints within a gel bath to provide support for the printed parts and minimize the effect of gravity. With this printing technique, they can print centimeter- to meter-scale parts in minutes to hours with a range of high-quality industrial materials like silicone rubber, polyurethane, and acrylics.”

 

Transformation by design

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The emergence of “4D printing”

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The emergence of “4D printing”

Imagine things can replicate by itself an appropriate design. In my opinion, we need 4D printing to make water pipes for snowing region.:)
MIT researcher Skylar Tibbits works on self-assembly — the idea that instead of building something (a chair, a skyscraper).
He is an artist and computational architect. Skylar Tibbits is working on “smart” components that can assemble themselves.
3D printing has grown in sophistication since the late 1970s; TED Fellow Skylar Tibbits is shaping the next development, which he calls 4D printing, where the fourth dimension is time.
This emerging technology will allow us to print objects that then reshape themselves or self-assemble over time.
Think a printed cube that folds before your eyes, or a printed pipe able to sense the need to expand or contract.

http://www.selfassemblylab.net/

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