Leveraging a 3D printer “defect” to create a new quasi-textile

Tulle-like DefeXtiles can be 3D printed with no custom software or hardware.

---

covid-19 architecture pandemic 3-d-printing research polymers students graduate-postdoctoral media-lab school-of-architecture-and-planning school-of-engineering electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail center-for-bits-and-atoms mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing

Electronic design tool morphs interactive objects

MorphSensor lets users digitally model an object’s form and electronic function in one integrated space.

---

electronics manufacturing 3-d-printing research sensors design mechanical-engineering electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail national-science-foundation-nsf mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing

As the coronavirus interrupts global supply chains, people have an alternative – make it at home

The rush to make personal protective equipment like facemasks and face shields using 3D printers shows that the technology can help circumvent global supply chain disruptions.

---

covid-19 economics 3-d-printing global-economy diy global-supply-chains additive-manufacturing

Engineers 3D print soft, rubbery brain implants

Technique may enable speedy, on-demand design of softer, safer neural devices.

---

neuroscience electronics 3-d-printing research mechanical-engineering school-of-engineering brain-and-cognitive-sciences civil-and-environmental-engineering biological-engineering

Integrating electronics onto physical prototypes

In place of flat “breadboards,” 3D-printed CurveBoards enable easier testing of circuit design on electronics products.

---

electronics manufacturing 3-d-printing research design school-of-engineering electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs computer-science-and-technology computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail computer-graphics

Printing objects that can incorporate living organisms

A 3D printing system that controls the behavior of live bacteria could someday enable medical devices with therapeutic agents built in.

---

manufacturing synthetic-biology 3-d-printing research design media-lab school-of-architecture-and-planning

How to design and control robots with stretchy, flexible bodies

Optimizing soft robots to perform specific tasks is a huge computational problem, but a new model can help.

---

robotics robots soft-robotics 3-d-printing research design school-of-engineering electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs computer-science-and-technology algorithms computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail

Assembler robots make large structures from little pieces

Systems of tiny robots may someday build high-performance structures, from airplanes to space settlements.

---

robotics robots nasa 3-d-printing research school-of-architecture-and-planning center-for-bits-and-atoms self-assembly

Engineers put Leonardo da Vinci’s bridge design to the test

Proposed bridge would have been the world’s longest at the time; new analysis shows it would have worked.

---

history architecture 3-d-printing research school-of-architecture-and-planning school-of-engineering civil-and-environmental-engineering materials-science-and-engineering

This flat structure morphs into shape of a human face when temperature changes

New structural design could lead to self-deploying tents or adaptive robotic fins.

---

robotics 3-d-printing research mechanical-engineering school-of-engineering national-science-foundation-nsf