Structural Seaweed? Tech Is Helping Designers Create New Building Materials
Courtesy Petr Krejci When Arthur C. Clarke said that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, he was speaking from the spectator’s point of view, not the magician’s. As...
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Since objects can be simply “drawn” in three-dimensional space rather than generated by the buildup of thin layers, the possibilities for form-making are limited only by the quality of the printing...
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Courtesy MIT Self-Assembly Lab For its 2017 booth at the annual design fair Design Miami/, Patrick Parrish Gallery staged an eclectic display of objets, some more functional-looking than others. But...
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A series of physical spheres oscillating on a table demonstrates the process of self replication including growth, encapsulation, and division. This project demonstrates cellular division through...
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