Disney Research has developed a 3D printer that can print soft and cuddly objects from fabric. A new type of printer that includes actuators that allow an object to morph after being exposed to external stimuli. A German startup is selling a retrofit kit to turn 3D printers into 3D food printers. Researchers are working on 4D printing that would allow a printed object to “transform” from “one shape into another, much like a child’s Transformer toy” 3D printing is “so last year,” according to the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science.”]
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