4D Print Further: The future of furniture do not have to do it yourself

Skylar Tibbits, a lecturer at MIT Construction Department, explained the concept of 4D printing that he proposed at TED 2013 last year. The so-called "4D print" is to let the material through certain conditions, can automatically become the default model.

At TED 2013, Skylar demonstrated that when mixed with self-assembled materials, the ropes were put into water and the three words MIT were automatically formed. The whole process was amazing. A year and a half later, Skylar led his "self-assembly lab" to make more materials, such as wood, carbon fiber, and rubber / plastic self-assembling. - In the laboratory website, they call it "programmable materials" (Programmable Materials).

In addition to expanding self-assembling materials, Skylar and its partners also challenged the new difficulty of self-assembly. For example, dolls that allow several pieces of wood to be folded into elephant shapes, as well as weaving materials that change gradually according to the weather.

The goal of self-assembly labs is to create " robots without robots ." The "programmable materials" they developed did not contain microprocessors, but they allowed the material to assemble itself according to human preconceived goals. If IKEA buy it back each time and assemble it yourself, it's easy and convenient.

You might be wondering how Skylar and his self-assembly labs make themselves assembled from wood, carbon fiber, and so on. In fact, the whole process is not as magical as you think. In the case of carbon fiber, the laboratory only smears a layer of temperature-sensitive coating somewhere on the carbon fiber material. Programming material, "the coating changes as the temperature changes drastically, controlling the shape of the material it is attached to.

According to the report, self-assembly now begins with what is said to be using temperature-sensitive features of Programmable Materials, working with Autodesk, Carbitex, and Briggs Automotive Company to develop auto-spoiler-shaped rear spoilers to keep racing Have better performance during the race.

Skylar believes that any material in the future is "programmable." "Computing power is no longer the patent of a computer; in the future everything is computational."

It is reported that how long a villa can be built the fastest? The answer is 1 day built, 7 days stay. Yesterday in Hangzhou, Lin'an "Green Silicon Valley" Qingshanhu Technology City Talent Conference, Hangzhou Boppen technology 3D printing technology, can be within 24 hours, the computer designed to build a good building model into an actual building, and New material for cement + fiberglass, 3 times stronger than regular concrete walls.

The company's chief technology officer, Dr. Zhang Jing said that although the current cost of materials is about 5% higher than the mixed brick material, but greatly reduce the labor - if a 200 ~ 300 square two-story villa, for example, the total cost may only 60% of the average villa. Relevant person in charge of Lin'an City, relying on scientific and technological strength, Castle Peak Lake City 111 enterprises above designated size industrial output value reached 30.8 billion yuan in 2013, of which sales of high-tech industry output value of more than 22.7 billion yuan.

Money Reporter learned that the current science and technology city has established academician workstation, postdoctoral workstation 15, a total of more than 2000 high-level talents above the subtropical high, of whom 13 academicians, "national cadre" "provincial" thousand thirty-one talent.

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