Northwestern University and University of Illinois researchers have developed a simple
new fabrication technique that mimics the action of a children's pop - up book.
Researchers at Northwestern University and the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign have developed a simple
new fabrication technique to create beautiful and complex 3 - D micro - and nanostructures with many advantages over 3 - D printing.
Not exact matches
It will include a
fabrication center, a machine shop and a clean room to create
new devices and
techniques and a training center for physicians to test those devices.
By creating a common resource for sharing design approaches, prototyping and
fabrication techniques, and technical knowledge, the toolkit's developers hope to stimulate the creation of
new kinds of soft devices, tools, and methods.
The
technique combines an old
fabrication method — top - down lithography, the same method used to make computer chips — with a
new one — programmable self - assembly driven by DNA.
That is why a team of engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, developed and proved out a
new additive manufacturing
technique for nozzle
fabrication that can greatly reduce costs and development time.
Christy Oates fuses traditional woodworking
techniques with CAD software technology to make furniture, while Joshua DeMonte creates jewelry using digital
fabrication, both examples of how
new technologies are changing the nature of craft.
They employed
new materials and
fabrication techniques from industries as diverse as aerospace and surfboard manufacturing, but always specific to the environs of Southern California.