麻豆传媒

Health

4D printing makes objects that assemble themselves when heated

A fast 4D-printing technique could be used to make drug capsules that snap open in the body or flat-pack furniture that puts itself together

Technology

3D-printed bacteria could make bespoke graphene-like materials

Shrinking material

Technology

Material that shrinks in heat can weather extreme temperatures

An ear suspended in some clear material between two sheets of glass on top of a display stand

Technology

What can we 3D print? Everything! Here are 8 awesome examples

Chuck Hull

Technology

Don’t give up: The inventor of 3D printing tells his story

3D printed parts

Technology

Print stuff on the go with just your phone and a pen

Health

Bouncy bone can be 3D-printed to become a universal repair kit

3D-printed circuit

Technology

3D-printed phones herald world of instant electronic everything

RetroFab

Technology

One Per Cent

A new set of buttons attached to the end of a toaster, with a smartphone screen in someone's hand in the foreground demonstrating the controls for the toaster

Technology

Don’t like the buttons on your toaster? Just print your own

Software that scans your home appliances, then lets you design and 3D print new layouts for their controls heralds a new era of home hacking

Technology

One Per Cent

Technology

3D printing heralds faster routes to new robots

Health

Glowing 4D-printed flowers could pave way for replacement organs

Technology

3D print extra bits for old objects to help extend their life