A research project undertaken at MIT and Singapore University of Technology and Design succeeded in developing 3D-printed structures that can be physically manipulated in extreme ways and then spring ...

Self-repairing pipes. Printed organs. Bulletproof t-shirts. Seriously? In April I was asked to speak at the annual TED conference in Vancouver (following Bill Gates…gulp) on the topic of 3D printing ...

Massachusetts design studio Nervous System has developed a method of 3D-printing jewellery and garments with articulated joints so they automatically change shape once removed from the printer (+ ...

When a porcupine feels threatened, its quills bristle. In humans, the same anatomical reflex is responsible for goose bumps. Neither response is voluntary, and both typically occur in response to ...

Despite being bent, twisted or stretched at extreme angles, special three-dimensional (3D) structures being manipulated by an international team of scientists can still "remember" their original ...

ADELPHI, MD. -- New 3-D printed robotic structures can squeeze in tight spaces like a crack in the wall of a cave, jump over trip wire or crawl under a vehicle -- all complex Army-relevant functions ...