Today’s Spotlight features an image, courtesy of Qi (Kevin) Ge, showing the different “memory” phases of a 3-D printed version of the Eiffel Tower.
Engineers from MIT and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) are using light to print three-dimensional structures that “remember” their original shapes. Even after being stretched, twisted, and bent at extreme angles, the structures from small coils and multimaterial flowers, to an inch-tall replica of the Eiffel tower sprang back to their original forms within seconds of being heated to a certain temperature “sweet spot.&rdquo
Read the full article on MIT News.
Engineers from MIT and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) are using light to print three-dimensional structures that “remember” their original shapes. Even after being stretched, twisted, and bent at extreme angles, the structures from small coils and multimaterial flowers, to an inch-tall replica of the Eiffel tower sprang back to their original forms within seconds of being heated to a certain temperature “sweet spot.&rdquo
Read the full article on MIT News.