It wasn’t so long ago that 3D printing was the new kid on the block. Now the term 4D printing is making headlines, stretching our ability to conceptualize once again. To understand 4D printing, it ...

It might seem like there’s a typo in the title, but 4D printing stocks are a real industry emerging right now. But what is 4D printing, other than just 3D printing in an extra dimension? Well, in this ...

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).

4D printing adds a new dimension to the process: time. Whereas 3D printing technologies allow users to construct a 3D product, 4D technologies allow a 2D product to gradually change its shape over ...

A research team has been given a US$855,000 grant to start research on printing's next step: the fourth dimension. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as enthralled with ...

Marc del Pozo Puig of the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) has created a new 'smart ink' for use in 4D printing. 4D printing uses 3D printing to create objects capable of rearranging ...

A 4D printed object is like a 3D printed object, but it changes shape or self-assembles when its environment changes. [Teaching Tech] has been reading about this technology and decided to try to ...

In CNC milling, the so-called “4th axis” is rotation of either the tool or the part around the other. In additive manufacturing techniques, like 3D printing, the angle at which a material is deposited ...

It's like something out of Westworld, but it's quite real. The wild future of 4D design A manufacturing technique from MIT's Self-Assembly Lab that is poised to disrupt everything from furniture to ...