4D Printing

Partners Zortrax and ESA successfully create a trio of 4D printing demonstrators that print structures made of shape memory polymers and electrically conductive materials.

Interest and investment in ... technologies is holding steady.

Smart materials and new design capabilities will usher in a generation of self-modifying structures with applicability for medical, aerospace and various other innovative uses cases.

4D printing is expected to play important role in the manufacturing process of the future.

No longer will designers focus solely on dimensions like height, width and depth.

Researchers at MIT and SUTD have developed a way to print detailed objects out of shape memory material.