<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — 4D printing]]> 2013-04-23T16:47:56Z PunBB https://www.soliforum.com/topic/2128/4d-printing/ <![CDATA[Re: 4D printing]]> Sure, with the current demos they have, it would have been quicker/easier to just print the pre-assembled cube/MIT. But I think the idea is that they have created the objects in a novel way that has the potential to allow for impossible-to-print things. I suppose in the strictest sense of the term, any ABS-printed part is "4D" because if you put it in a jar of acetone, it will change shape over time, but the core idea of the technology is useful change. I have several ideas for how this might be used someday, but I can't share them until I finish filling out these patent applications. big_smile

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/1557/ 2013-04-23T16:47:56Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/20757/#p20757 <![CDATA[Re: 4D printing]]> So, they're printing things that bend on their own in to their true shape. What's the big deal? Am I missing something?

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/717/ 2013-04-23T14:37:08Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/20747/#p20747 <![CDATA[Re: 4D printing]]> saw this a couple months ago its amazing what they are starting to accomplish

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/980/ 2013-04-20T10:05:50Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/20448/#p20448 <![CDATA[Re: 4D printing]]> The future is so bright

yet the present is so tainted

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/738/ 2013-04-20T03:39:50Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/20434/#p20434 <![CDATA[4D printing]]> http://blogs.computerworld.com/emerging … hapeshifts

Watch from about 5:00 minutes if you want to see some cool demos of the technology.

]]> https://www.soliforum.com/user/55/ 2013-04-20T03:15:04Z https://www.soliforum.com/post/20433/#p20433