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Novel 4-D printing method blossoms from botanical inspiration


January 25, 2016

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A team of scientists at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has evolved their microscale 3-D printing technology to the fourth dimension: time. Inspired by natural structures like plants, which respond and change their form over time according to environmental stimuli, the team has unveiled 4-D-printed hydrogel composite structures that change shape.Full Story

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Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard

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