3D-printed revolving devices can sense how they are moving

A new system enables makers to incorporate sensors into gears and other rotational mechanisms with just one pass in a 3D printer.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
March 16, 2023 ~8 min

Custom, 3D-printed heart replicas look and pump just like the real thing

The soft robotic models are patient-specific and could help clinicians zero in on the best implant for an individual.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 22, 2023 ~8 min


Toward new, computationally designed cybersteels

With a grant from the Office of Naval Research, MIT researchers aim to design novel high-performance steels, with potential applications including printed aircraft components and ship hulls.

Elizabeth A. Thomson | Materials Research Laboratory • mit
Feb. 3, 2023 ~5 min

With new heat treatment, 3D-printed metals can withstand extreme conditions

A technique that transforms the metals’ microscopic structure may enable energy-efficient 3D printing of blades for gas turbines or jet engines.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 14, 2022 ~7 min

UpNano joins MIT.nano Consortium

Provider of ultra-high resolution 3D printing becomes sustaining member of industry group.

MIT.nano • mit
Nov. 7, 2022 ~3 min

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

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