<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — 4D printing]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/2128/4d-printing/ Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:47:56 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: 4D printing]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/20757/#p20757 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

]]> Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:47:56 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/20757/#p20757 <![CDATA[Re: 4D printing]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/20747/#p20747 So, they're printing things that bend on their own in to their true shape. What's the big deal? Am I missing something?

]]> Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:37:08 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/20747/#p20747 <![CDATA[Re: 4D printing]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/20448/#p20448 saw this a couple months ago its amazing what they are starting to accomplish

]]> Sat, 20 Apr 2013 10:05:50 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/20448/#p20448 <![CDATA[Re: 4D printing]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/20434/#p20434 The future is so bright

yet the present is so tainted

]]> Sat, 20 Apr 2013 03:39:50 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/20434/#p20434 <![CDATA[4D printing]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/20433/#p20433 http://blogs.computerworld.com/emerging … hapeshifts

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

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