4D printing introduces the "time dimension" based on 3D printing, enabling printed structures to undergo controllable dynamic changes in shape, properties, or functions under external stimuli such as ...

Stay up to date with everything that is happening in the wonderful world of AM via our LinkedIn community. BMF APAC and Shenzhen MultiMatter Science and Technology Co., Ltd. have introduced the ...

Additive manufacturing, better known as 3D printing, has reshaped design and production since Japanese scientist Hideo Kodama proposed the first concept in 1981. Kodama’s initial attempt at a rapid ...

UW-Stout’s graphic communications program has received three targeted grants from the Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation (PGSF) totaling $13,000, part of a national initiative that awarded $535 ...

4D printed objects change their shape or behaviour in response to stimuli such as time, heat, moisture and sound. Credit: joaorml via Shutterstock. 4D printing is an advanced technology that extends ...

The combination of 3D and 4D printing technologies with EMMs holds great promise for the future, driving innovation and opening up new avenues for research and development in multiple disciplines.

Daniel Freedman has received funding related to 3D printing from IBM, Braskem and Mediprint and is affiliated with the Stratasys Educational Community Advisory Board. Anne Schmitz does not work for, ...

A recent article published in Small Science introduces fully bioderived, four-dimensional (4D) printable shape memory polymers (SMPs) with linear tunability and remotely controlled actuation ...

1 Department of Periodontology and Oral Implantology, SRM Dental College and Hospitals, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India 2 Department of Periodontology and Oral Implantology, Priyadarshini Dental College, ...

Biggish Blue has just bagged a patent for a technology that uses 4D-printed smart materials to transport microscopic particles. For those who came in late, 4D printing takes 3D printing a step further ...