The Future of Localized Manufacturing
The Future of Localized Manufacturing
Neil Gershenfeld, director of the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms, and Robert Atkinson, founder and president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, discuss the potential role of localized 3-D printing in manufacturing.
Glasses-free 3-D TV
Glasses-free 3-D television from the MIT Media Lab
A new method for producing multiple-perspective 3-D images could prove more practical in the short term than holography.
Robotic spider weaves web at MIT Media Lab
Robotic spider weaves web at MIT Media Lab
A three-week old robot at the MIT Media Lab is weaving a cocoon-like structure with a little programming help from humans. Eventually it will be autonomous.
The Buckliball
The Buckliball
Inspired by a toy, the ‘buckliball’ — a collapsible structure fabricated from a single piece of material — represents a new class of 3-D, origami-like structures.
TR35: Noah Snavely
Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Noah Snavely
Snavely present his work at EmTech 2011: Synthesizing 3-D models from 2-D photographs
3-D printing
3-D printing with variable densities
MIT Media Lab researchers Steven Keating and Neri Oxman demonstrate some of their work around 3-D printing.
Printing Parts
Printing Parts
Systems that print mechanical components with metal Âpowder could be used to build lighter, more efficient airplanes.