500 Years Ago Leonardo da Vinci Designed This Bridge – Now MIT Engineers Put It to the Test
Proposed bridge would have been the world’s longest at the time; new analysis shows it would have worked. In 1502 A.D., Sultan Bayezid II sent…
3D Printing
New 3D Printing Technique for Biomaterials a Major Step Forward for Artificial Medical Implants
A new way of 3D printing soft materials such as gels and collagens offers a major step forward in the manufacture of artificial medical implants….
Engineers Develop 3D-Printed Multimaterial Fiber “Ink” With Embedded Circuitry
Filaments with embedded circuitry can be used to print complex shapes for biomedical and robotic devices. A new method developed by MIT researchers uses standard…
Reprogrammable Ink That Lets Objects Change Colors Like a Chameleon [Video]
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory team creates new reprogrammable ink that lets objects change colors using light. The color-changing capabilities of chameleons have…
It May Soon Be Easy And Practical To Use Metals With 3D Printing
In the last several years, 3D printing with plastics has advanced rapidly. Now, a team of researchers have shown that it may soon be as…
New 3D Printing Technique Enables Cheaper Patient-Specific Medical Research
New 3-D printing technique enables faster, better, and cheaper models of patient-specific medical data for research and diagnosis. What if you could hold a physical…
Engineers 3D Print Programmed Cells Into Living Devices
Engineers from MIT have developed a 3D printing technique that uses a new kind of ink made from genetically programmed living cells. The cells are…
MIT Develops 3D Desktop Printer That is 10 Times Faster Than Existing Counterparts
Engineers at MIT have developed a new desktop 3D printer that performs up to 10 times faster than existing commercial counterparts. Whereas the most common…
3D-Printed Nozzle System Builds Better Nanofibers
In a newly published paper, MIT researchers describe a new device for producing nanofiber meshes, which matches the production rate and power efficiency of its…
MIT Develops a System That Can 3D Print the Basic Structure of an Entire Building
The list of materials that can be produced by 3D printing has grown to include not just plastics but also metal, glass, and even food….
SEAS Engineers 3D Print the First Autonomous, Entirely Soft Robot
Using a 3D printer, Harvard engineers have demonstrated the first autonomous, untethered, entirely soft robot. The small robot — nicknamed the “octobot” — could pave…
New System Converts MRI Scans into 3D-Printed Heart Models for Surgical Planning
Engineers and computer scientists at MIT and Boston Children’s Hospital have developed a new system that can convert MRI scans of a patient’s heart into…
A New Frontier in 3D Printing, Engineers Print Transparent Glass in 3D
Engineers from MIT have developed a new system to print transparent glass in 3-D. This new system is the first to create strong, solid glass…
Customizing 3D Printing – New System Automatically Turns CAD Files into Visual Models
A new Web-based interface allows a wide range of modifications to basic designs that are printable on a 3-D printer, allowing novices do in minutes…
Yale Engineers Develop a Shape-Shifting Navigation Device for the Visually Impaired
Researchers from Yale University have developed a shape-shifting navigation device for both the sighted and visually impaired. Combine mechanical engineering, experimental theater, and an old…
Harvard Engineers Create a 3D Printed Autonomous Robot
Using a 3D printer, Harvard engineers have developed one of the first soft robots that moves autonomously. Traditional industrial robots are rigid — mostly metal…
Controlling Surface Topography with Particle-Enhanced Soft Composites
Using a material that is composed of two different polymers with different degrees of stiffness, researchers have developed a soft material with controllable surface textures…
New Process for 3D Printing of Highly Stretchable and Tough Hydrogels
Researchers from MIT have developed a new process that uses 3D printing to produce complex hydrogel structures that are “extremely tough and robust.” Researchers have…