A joint research team has developed the first 4D printing technology built from industrial ...

Just when many folks on Main Street were being introduced to 3D printing last year, a new technology that makes it seem downright medieval made a splash on the techie scene: 4D printing. Even though ...

A joint research team led by Dr. Dong-Gyun Kim of the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT), Professor ...

HEIDELBERG, Germany—October 20, 2015—A marketplace of ideas at the stand of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) will offer visitors to InPrint 2015, which is taking place in Munich from Nov.

Drawing inspiration from how plants change shape in response to environmental stimuli, Harvard scientists from the Wyss Institute and John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have ...

Skylar Tibbits Shares His Insights on the Biotechnology and Medical Applications of 4D Printing One of the most rapidly developing technologies that is already affecting a wide range of research and ...

3D printing, also called additive manufacturing, is rapidly becoming commonplace in all industries, including aerospace, automotive, medical and dental, and consumer and industrial goods. Some ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) The colors in the world around us are produced through either absorption of light by molecules (pigmentary colors) or scattering of light by nanostructures (structural colors).

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Compared to creating static objects with 3D printing, 4D printing systems add time as the fourth dimension to 3D printing: 4D printing allows a 3D printed structure to change its ...

The healthcare industry will be among the first to reap the benefits of emerging four-dimensional printing technology, according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan. [See also: Triple aim] The ...

Whilst 3D printing continues to grow in popularity, some scientists are already looking at the next step – how to make their objects transform from one shape to another using 4D printing. Essentially, ...

A new grant from the U.S. Army Research Office will split $855,000 between three research teams working on so-called “4D printing.” By military budget standards, that’s chump change—but it hints at a ...