New programmable materials can sense their own movements

Engineers 3D print materials with networks of sensors directly incorporated.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 10, 2022 ~8 min

Using artificial intelligence to control digital manufacturing

Researchers train a machine-learning model to monitor and adjust the 3D printing process to correct errors in real-time.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 2, 2022 ~8 min


Researchers 3D print sensors for satellites

Cheap and quick to produce, these digitally manufactured plasma sensors could help scientists predict the weather or study climate change.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
July 27, 2022 ~7 min

Toward customizable timber, grown in a lab

Researchers show they can control the properties of lab-grown plant material, which could enable the production of wood products with little waste.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
May 25, 2022 ~7 min

A helping hand for robotic manipulator design

With modular components and an easy-to-use 3D interface, this interactive design pipeline enables anyone to create their own customized robotic hand.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
May 25, 2022 ~8 min

MIT engineers introduce the Oreometer

Mechanical engineers put an Oreo’s cream filling through a battery of tests to understand what happens when two wafers are twisted apart.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
April 19, 2022 ~8 min

New plant-derived composite is tough as bone and hard as aluminum

The material could pave the way for sustainable plastics.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 10, 2022 ~6 min

Invisible machine-readable labels that identify and track objects

An MIT team develops 3D-printed tags to classify and store data on physical objects.

Steve Nadis | MIT CSAIL • mit
Jan. 28, 2022 ~7 min


The wiring in your plane could soon be made from recycled plastic -- new research

Using recycled plastic to wire planes could reduce their emissions while cutting down on waste from the 3-D printing industry.

Alvin Orbaek White, Senior Lecturer in Engineering, Swansea University • conversation
Jan. 13, 2022 ~6 min

Accelerating the discovery of new materials for 3D printing

A new machine-learning system costs less, generates less waste, and can be more innovative than manual discovery methods.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 15, 2021 ~7 min

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