4-D Technology Allows Self-Folding of Complex Objects (VIDEO)

Georgia Institute of Technology

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Using components made from smart shape-memory materials with slightly different responses to heat, researchers have demonstrated a four-dimensional printing technology that allowed creation of complex self-folding structures.

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