The emergence of "4D printing" | Skylar Tibbits

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  • 3D printing has grown in sophistication since the late 1970s; TED Fellow Skylar Tibbits is shaping the next development, which he calls 4D printing, where the fourth dimension is time. This emerging technology will allow us to print objects that then reshape themselves or self-assemble over time. Think: a printed cube that folds before your eyes, or a printed pipe able to sense the need to expand or contract.
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  • @GrantStinnett
    @GrantStinnett 10 ปีที่แล้ว +285

    Awesome! Can't wait for the "Just add water and grow your own new car!"

    • @muffinspuffinsEE
      @muffinspuffinsEE 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      lol you still think of cars when you see this XD

    • @XisoLate
      @XisoLate 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Riccardo Bestetti And it runs on water man!

    • @TrollingDr
      @TrollingDr 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      XisoLate and it also run on the water

    • @hmmm7250
      @hmmm7250 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Crash it . . . . Oh my . . . . . Hold on . . . . wait a few minutes . . . . Hmmm . . . . continue driving like nothing happened :-)

    • @JaredAllaway
      @JaredAllaway 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hmmm and it would be driving itself too, no car insurance, no tickets for texting and driving. No garbage truck drivers, no postal truck drivers, no pizza delivery drivers, etc.

  • @charackthe
    @charackthe 8 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    My vga cable bends itself back its kinda same thing

    • @BronyLuck1538
      @BronyLuck1538 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yavuz Ekim Bovkır oh god, mine does the same thing. I knew there was something sketchy going on here. My cables are attempting to create themselves in 4d.

    • @almosthuman4457
      @almosthuman4457 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣

  • @RobertShaverOfAustin
    @RobertShaverOfAustin 8 ปีที่แล้ว +423

    I hope IKEA can make their stuff self-assemble.

    • @DxBlack
      @DxBlack 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      And self-fall apart...

    • @W4ldgeist
      @W4ldgeist 7 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      They already do that. Takes a couple of months to a year. Great tech :D

    • @polemic1877
      @polemic1877 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      4D printing is a good idea. That's taking scam to the next level. "Didn't receive our product? Well, did you look in the fourth dimention?"
      We don't even have 3D-printers yet, much less 4D.

    • @spookeylordzey8432
      @spookeylordzey8432 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pole Mic what do you mean we don't have 3-d printers?

    • @cosmosity1693
      @cosmosity1693 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@W4ldgeist I know such great "4D" subtractive manufacturing. It's even better than 5-axis CNCing!

  • @jamesmiller3893
    @jamesmiller3893 8 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    The first thing that popped into my mind was a space ship loaded with millimeter thick sheets that when laid out on the Moon, Mars or in space could, when activated transform themselves into habitable structures.

    • @Quazi-moto
      @Quazi-moto 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I can't see me trusting an enclosure that's only half a millimeter thick, especially on another planet.

    • @spookeylordzey8432
      @spookeylordzey8432 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      quazzie1 you can put multiple sheets next to each other so they're more than 1mm THICC

    • @SapioiT
      @SapioiT 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@spookeylordzey8432 hen what's the point? Better use a balloon!

    • @Krytern
      @Krytern 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@spookeylordzey8432 If they aren't somehow fused together, that still isn't structurally sound

  • @jeangodecoster
    @jeangodecoster 9 ปีที่แล้ว +300

    I shared this to my oral expression students as a counter-example of a good presentation.
    This guy talks about a fascinating subject, but exhibits such stoicism and lack of passion with regards to his presentation that it feels like he lost the bet on "who will do the presenting"

    • @biker451
      @biker451 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      jean-gobert de coster He must have had a bet going with his friends about how many times he could use "this is" in 40 seconds. 6 times probably would win that bet. One of the worst presentations, and presenter, that I've seen.

    • @cevxj
      @cevxj 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ok.

    • @koko56
      @koko56 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I think it depends on your background. If you are engineering/handyman based this is quite interesting because you are going through concepts in your mind and the possibilities they entail.

    • @andresvaldivia9078
      @andresvaldivia9078 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I agree, only because of the subject I was fascinated!

    • @davidhelmer149
      @davidhelmer149 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Burn

  • @sentdex
    @sentdex 10 ปีที่แล้ว +136

    It seems people are confusing 4 dimensions with the proposed "4th dimension."
    You can program 2 dimensional arrays... 3 dimensional arrays... OR TEN dimensional arrays. You can even program 500 dimensional arrays. That must blow some of your minds.

    • @Skyoneder
      @Skyoneder 10 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      does not compute, I'd be impressed if it can create a lifelike chick who can fulfull my sexual pleasures.

    • @EXOglobe
      @EXOglobe 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Skeelo Get a baby chicken stuff animal and wrap it around your hand.

    • @tyraelarchangel183
      @tyraelarchangel183 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +sentdex Arrays really aren't hard to understand when you get down to it from a simple computer science standpoint.
      A 1 dimensional array is an array, a "single line" of elements. A 2d array is an ARRAY containing an Array. That basically every element of the first 1D array, contains another 1D array. Same process continues. A 3d array is an array containing an array which in turn contains the final array. Anything beyond 3D/4D is hard to visualize or impossible, yes. But you basically extend the concept of arrays containing arrays.
      Not really mind blowing, just a simple concept.

    • @jensstegeby6141
      @jensstegeby6141 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      But what he does is more like putting a string of commands in the third lvl of the array and calling it a 4th dimension.

    • @onee
      @onee 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Are we confusing it or is Skylar Tibbits confusing it?

  • @feraudyh
    @feraudyh 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    They were not beakers at 3.56 but flasks.
    There you go, I have had my pedantic moment.
    Apart from that the presentation is fascinating.

  • @chackysbills5129
    @chackysbills5129 10 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    This guy is like me when I was in high school turning in an essay. I had a great title with neat font, lots of colors, neat transparent folder to tuck my essay into but then I get a D+ for content and not citing sources.

    • @crusindc5282
      @crusindc5282 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Those two problems actually can be solved easily, if anyone had taught you how.
      1) Any time you are doing student or professional reading, key in or write out the interesting quotes along with the citation.
      2) Maintain an ongoing bibliography of stuff you are reading.
      Then when you go for your degree or graduated degree you will already have 2/3 of the classwork already completed. Academic papers average 3 quotes per page.
      3) START you essay by selecting a string of quotes that flow from one to the next harmoniously before you ever add a word of your own.
      5). Dump your ideas into those containers, and you have the problems managed. You had the ideas all the time. Nobody had taught you a method/of rocesd for organizing and displaying them.
      The challenge when writing an essay is that you have to have a process for excluding infinity. The problem isn't getting enough to say but in figuring out what to exclude.
      4). Learn 'rhetorical modes.'. The complete list of them included 9. Write the introduction last as a summary of what you have written and shape the summary as a definition paragraph or section. Write the conclusion as a persuasive paragraph or section. In a thesis it dissertation, include a section/chapter in each rhetorical mode in order to get the required length, unless some other structure becomes obvious to you.

  • @bryandrap123
    @bryandrap123 9 ปีที่แล้ว +195

    Its still 3D though

    • @xZerplinxProduction
      @xZerplinxProduction 8 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      +Bryan Draper just like those 3d movies called 4d because the chairs shakes

    • @LaPingvino
      @LaPingvino 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +Bryan Draper depends on your definition of dimension ;)

    • @ACMHK11
      @ACMHK11 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ikr, should be called virtual 3D instead.

    • @atulpurna1936
      @atulpurna1936 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      you are correct in a sense

    • @xres1329
      @xres1329 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Variable shape 3D. I have REAL 4D printing in mind, we should try it!

  • @C00LX100
    @C00LX100 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    20 years from now and this guy will sweep the world with claytronics

  • @nicoleyizhenke
    @nicoleyizhenke 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This makes me think of the animation - Big Hero 6.
    So amazing to see this cool technology might emerge someday.

  • @gizachewdiga7648
    @gizachewdiga7648 ปีที่แล้ว

    The best lecture. The illustration from 0D (quantum dots) - 4D (multiphase materials).It has got an application in modeling of Nanostructure, proteins, Biochips, Microchips, and bioelectroics. Thanks!

  • @TheDrumEquation
    @TheDrumEquation 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm so impressed with your knowledge...

  • @jaredcaspertyler1323
    @jaredcaspertyler1323 9 ปีที่แล้ว +110

    it would be cool if we had like shoelaces that tied themselves though lol

  • @JRo250
    @JRo250 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm going to bookmark this talk as my go-to reference for the latest acronyms and buzz words. That was great!

  • @RamLaska
    @RamLaska 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Reminds me of The Diamond Age v Hackworth's chevalier.
    It printed on a small public "3d printer" (that word had not yet been coined when the book was written), and unfolded into a mechanical horse.

  • @juraj3315
    @juraj3315 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I seems to me that the biggest problem of such structures is that you need energy supply throughout the structure and in the case of self correcting structures you practically need abundance of it.
    Would explain why most "self-assembling" structures are on a nano scale.

  • @KevinHigby
    @KevinHigby 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you! This is not very widely-known information, and it's refreshing to see it stated so clearly. There's a lot of confusion about this all over youtube. I think there are more comments on this video about the presenter's interpretation of "dimensions" than about the actual technology he's talking about.
    Simply put, he's talking about printing objects using all four dimensions, the three spacial dimensions AND the time dimension. Quite interesting, really.

  • @ReplayTJ
    @ReplayTJ 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This seems like a great technological advancement. I'm excited to see when this can be put to use.

  • @nicklaw2807
    @nicklaw2807 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing development. Keep up the good work.

  • @joemaffei
    @joemaffei 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can see this being used to manufacture emergency rafts for ships. You could have a whole fleet of folded rafts that are compact to store and take their shape when in contact with water.

  • @individualone
    @individualone 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    3d printing is getting cooler and cooler... it's revolutionizing our reality!AWESOME 👍

  • @convergenceof1312
    @convergenceof1312 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is awesome.... great job

  • @lisssabakergaal
    @lisssabakergaal 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Simply amazing!

  • @DeathToCockroaches
    @DeathToCockroaches 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The figures he choose are a bit abstract for demonstration I think

  • @jamaicanlumberjack
    @jamaicanlumberjack 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well done. Well done.

  • @15sowens
    @15sowens 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    How would one get ahold of one of those beaker/jars?

  • @ra8620
    @ra8620 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Studying the atomic bonding infrastructure when you bend a pipe what is the change of the atomic structure in the effected area where was the force or heat or tharmal energy was implied.

  • @siddharthshetty4559
    @siddharthshetty4559 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I didn't get this
    From where did that strand inside water get the energy to transform into a cube or MIT

    • @TrungNguyen-mj2id
      @TrungNguyen-mj2id 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like you dipping a sponge into water, from where did it get the energy to get it expand.

  • @sarwan476
    @sarwan476 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    4D printing is just a fancy name for 3D printing of shape memory alloys, which is a fancy name for multilayer 2D printing.

    • @darkcyborgsuperman9521
      @darkcyborgsuperman9521 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's like saying a Tesseract is an automated cube ,just saying.😅

  • @richardjones4259
    @richardjones4259 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very interesting and thought provoking!

  • @ClemonsKunkel
    @ClemonsKunkel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Very Cool. 4D printing is awesome. Heat changes water changed it cold changes it. That is the future. I Love TED talks. the guy was like a robot though he didn't have a lot of passion. It was a lot of good science but no passion still good though. People want passion when they see something, most anyway. Very to the point and right on with the information that's also important. I love the Talk.

  • @KevinHigby
    @KevinHigby 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Minutephysic's channel did a great video on dimensions. Basically, what they said was that a dimension is simply a parameter with which matter can be described. 1D, 2D, 3D and 4D simply describe the numbers of parameters matter has, but none of them specifically refer to any parameter. For example everything in our universe consists of 3 spacial dimensions and 1 time dimension (pretty much). Time isn't THE 4th dimension, but it is one of the four parameters of a 4D system.
    Hope that helps. :)

  • @HunterRodrigez
    @HunterRodrigez 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    i like your way of thinking sir

  • @repthedeaf4236
    @repthedeaf4236 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    4-D printing can be more than creating a new way of production. The idea behind is that you can take multi-material 3D printing so you can deposit multiple materials and you add a new capability which is transformed right out of the bed. The parts can transform from one shape to another shape directly on their own.

  • @powertothepeople12
    @powertothepeople12 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    One major obstacle I'm curious to see how they're going to overcome is how to control these transformations more. For example, the string seemed to transform from straight string to MIT with a touch, and keeping it at the MIT form seemed simple enough but what if one wanted to keep it in its string form?

  • @andy4an
    @andy4an 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great TED talk.

  • @Chuck.1715
    @Chuck.1715 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't know what everyone has with additional space dimensions, we use tri-axial system to mesure objects so we have 3D world (sometimes it is needed to add fourth dimension the "time"). It is just an perception and it's not written in stone that we must use it. The reality is more like chaos of particles with vector and speed. But it is not a chaos, each action has corresponding reaction, and even every photon moove affects each surrounding particle and that creates the white noise of quantum mechanics, whitch is not random at all, we just can't see trough and when we try to we are projecting our perception into the quantum world that we see.

  • @johnsonhoang1090
    @johnsonhoang1090 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This might have some application in cardiovascular stents! very awesome

  • @DocHephaestus
    @DocHephaestus 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Please link me to some info on that? Appreciate much.

  • @helmus2000
    @helmus2000 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    how does a light switch changes shape ?

  • @mathewstubbs2117
    @mathewstubbs2117 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Brilliant but....pipelines - so would the pipe diameter increase with flow demand? Problems - clashes with other services like electricity or sewerage after expansion, weaker pipe due to expansion but increase in forces due to flow increase. Flow is dependant on the storm intensity and sometimes pit inlet surcharge is intentional for stormwater design, for example a q100 (1 in 100 year storm event), where hydrology becomes more important than hydraulics. Would the pipe attempt to correct itself outside of design parameters? From a geotechnical standpoint how would this effect topography? What happens to the extra volume of dirt once a pipe increases in diameter? How would an increase in pipe size upstream effect smaller downstream pipes given the variance of rainfall within different catchment areas? If constructed in upper parts of the catchments, the entire downstream would also need replacing (catchments are considered during design for both major and minor stormwater events), and pipe sizing is well thought out and crucial to avoid property damage, flooding and personal injuries. Water pipelines - always under pressure (hydraulic grade line is higher than top of pipe and does not rely on gravity). If pipe size increases, so does volume and capacity - however, incresing pipe diameter decreases in a lower pressure in the system that will not only effect both commercial and residential property water supply but also could reduce pressure to hydrants the is crucial in emergency situations for fire fighters.
    Food for thought anyways.

  • @jeromegoodwin3848
    @jeromegoodwin3848 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bull is it made in the finial shape then changed until it is needed in the finial shape which is obtained by heat or other means.

  • @crimsonpotemkin
    @crimsonpotemkin 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this is amazing

  • @roseteax
    @roseteax 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is amazing

  • @hpesoj501
    @hpesoj501 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    im thinking of a device that could be kept in the home "print" meds. and thanks for your input

  • @aslt5711
    @aslt5711 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wonder how all of these great minds can organize themselves and form teams that work together to bring something new to the world.. like.. how is it even done?..

    • @crusindc5282
      @crusindc5282 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Usually somebody pays them to hang out together or let's them use their garage.

  • @jasonnewbon1803
    @jasonnewbon1803 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    well said

  • @heddie152
    @heddie152 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We live in such an amazing time in history for science.

  • @LeonidasGGG
    @LeonidasGGG 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is really, really awesome... Imagine the applications. :O

  • @OrlandoMGarcia
    @OrlandoMGarcia 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    7:20 starting the presentation i just imagine a pipe for the exhaust of cars that adapts to heat and airflow, changing from straight pipe to helix, or the x pattern to h pattern it woud make more eficiient all kind of ICE cars

  • @davidclaywood
    @davidclaywood 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Totally Awesome creative thinking. There is allot of innovation to be done yet but I am glad that it is being done.

  • @ductuslupus87
    @ductuslupus87 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ted really does put some good stuff on this.

  • @DanielLimmy
    @DanielLimmy 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is very impressive!

  • @Ieripk
    @Ieripk 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is so cool! Technology never ceases to develop and surprise me.

  • @InfiniteUniverse88
    @InfiniteUniverse88 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The time variable is present in 3D printing as well. Electrons don't just stand still.

  • @team_hong_c4841
    @team_hong_c4841 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    10/26 twelveth video(sorry i'm tooooooo late...but i come back!)
    The thing that i always feel after watching ted video is the world is changing, and developing quickly much more than I thought. Actually,when i first used 3d printer in my university, i was very impressed because I think it would take more time to use 3d printer in real life. In the same way, the 4d printing technolgy, also looks unfamiliar now, but in the near future, it could be also used in the real life! Because engineers know how hard it is to design and make something(including me!)

  • @ShaneLockerSustainistFuturist
    @ShaneLockerSustainistFuturist 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mind blowing!

  • @trpyman
    @trpyman 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I want that beaker thing

  • @gimpdoctor8362
    @gimpdoctor8362 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    there are different types of dimensions. the 4th dimension is often referred to as time because it's "a" fourth that we commonly encounter. the 4th spacial dimension however is not time.

  • @TheFolkUtopia
    @TheFolkUtopia 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Using 4D to describe this does two things; allows for a different take on the concept and also using the debate to draw attention to the new concept. Nice presentation.

  • @TheMinimumPC
    @TheMinimumPC 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeah, a dimension refers to any parameter of a body that is associated with a particular state of a body. That means if I change any parameter that causes a change in the object, then that parameter is a dimension. In physics, if you go down to the very basics, you can change only 4 things, 3 positions and 1 time. But according to string theory the strings also have additional states that are not related to these 4 dimensions and thus they have some additional dimensions.

  • @cocoman290
    @cocoman290 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Actually, it is very interesting (setting aside the fact that this is not 4D printing and that he is just making reassembling, not self-assembling materials). Imagine that we could resemble the protein function on a mayor scale. However I think that it is not just a matter of positive a negative charges, it must be more complex. For example, proteins (and some other molecules) have functions (more or less specific) which are determined by its structure and its composition (the amino acid content). Amino acids have different properties, some of which contributes to the assembly of the structure (which also depends on environmental interactions) and others to the function of the protein. However, even though there are non polar amino acids that make the protein to fold hydrophobicaly, some proteins need help from other proteins and modifications to fold as a completely functional molecule.

  • @gexman31
    @gexman31 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    It would be cool if there were a material that could change it's Young's Modulus based off some transient input. Kinda like piezocrystals, but with the change being permanent.

  • @Exceltrainingvideos
    @Exceltrainingvideos 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very very interesting!

  • @BestHBCU
    @BestHBCU 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Reminds me of Star Trek Voyager's bio-neural circuitry or experiments from Star Trek the Next Generation's Wesley Crusher.

  • @dimaster5880
    @dimaster5880 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    fantastic!

  • @KevinHigby
    @KevinHigby 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I thought he made it relatively clear that the objects are designed to be dynamic, self-assembling or changing over time in response to their surroundings.
    Note the image at 2:50, where the 4th dimension is represented by a 3-dimensional object exhibiting motion, a process that requires time. I think this makes it clear that he did not mean spacial-only dimensions.
    Unless, of course, you're referring to time as space, which it very well might be. ;)

  • @mgpstudios5388
    @mgpstudios5388 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is great. I'm greateful for that invention.

  • @srimansrini
    @srimansrini 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Skylar Tibbits of M.I.T presents a talk about 4D Printing and how it going to change our 'material world' in the future. Though bit far-fetched but we should not deny its practical use. worth watching. recommended.

  • @rstarz
    @rstarz 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Something that is obviously an issue with 3D printing currently is time. Manufacturing and subtractive machining is far faster than 3D printing, and with mass production, the machining time sets the price.
    As seen in this video, the presentation showed up to a 150x increase in speed of the video in order for the structures to take shape. Overcoming this is the real challenge and very impractical at this point, since 3D printing itself is extremely slow. How about we get 3D printing up to speed and THEN worry about 4D?

  • @CCPearce
    @CCPearce 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    MIND BLOWN.

  • @nidodson
    @nidodson 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Reminds me of Ancient Greece philosophers reading someone speak like that, and that last line reminds me of Ancient Roman stories, haha. That is an insane concept, and one that really leads to many questions.
    How many people would still contribute to bringing society forward? How many would just reproduce? How many would degrade the quality of society? What would be the balance? The religious right should be supporting it to have more time dedicating themselves to their religions.

  • @weepingod
    @weepingod 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    i tink its accurate as the product changes shape over time instead of being a static 3d object.

  • @kdanagger6894
    @kdanagger6894 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Rubber bands, magnets, and strings that shrink when they get wet is not revolutionary, or even evolutionary. This is carnival side-show snake oil.
    Nature self assembles and replicates things at a molecular level. That is light-years in complexity beyond the chintzy novelty store toys this guy is making.

    • @carrynoweight
      @carrynoweight 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Lol, any good invention follows said natural processes, listen again because that's what they are doing.
      Though I concede that what they are attempting is mimicry and not nearly as complex as natural processes, though I personally believe this is a step in the right direction.

    • @KshitijKale
      @KshitijKale 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, they only shrink but they are programmable.

  • @brendansullivan4872
    @brendansullivan4872 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very cool stuff here!

  • @Sindraelyn
    @Sindraelyn 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Doris Kim Sung's talk titled Metal that breathes was a much better example about a similar concept.

  • @michaelmasters5217
    @michaelmasters5217 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow really cool wheres ur company located at I would love to apply

  • @1337w0n
    @1337w0n 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    2074. In March. On the 26th. At ~3:08 pm (15:08) (UTC ±0).

  • @Pollution122
    @Pollution122 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've seen a number of articles about origami satellites over the last couple of years, very reminiscent

  • @cthorm
    @cthorm 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Stick with the example of plumbing. Notice anything familiar about the 'pipes' at 7:22? That's how the esophagus and intestines work. It is more complex to design in the beginning, but is more resilient and requires less maintenance over time.

  • @Gemmellness
    @Gemmellness 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    That sounds very useful if they can get the cost right down for normal use. I liked the space scenario though, large structures could be made to fit into more transportable shapes and deployed in space with no humans needed in a relatively cheap single-use rocket. Just needs to be very reliable.

  • @gtjintothefuture1048
    @gtjintothefuture1048 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amazing

  • @shwhjw
    @shwhjw 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Settings -> Speed -> 1.25

  • @MatchstalkMan
    @MatchstalkMan 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I need a 4D Space-Time printer - my boss wants these parts yesterday!

  • @TheMinimumPC
    @TheMinimumPC 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for your nice comment :D

  • @DocHephaestus
    @DocHephaestus 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good question.

  • @nantukoprime
    @nantukoprime 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    To start with, a lot more. That would decrease over time as manufacturing, engineers, and programmers got used to the concepts demonstrated in the drawings. The thing is, most modern systems don't have drawings to explain how screws works. There is accepted short-hand, just show where they go and how many you need. Even then, a new screw or one that has a non-standard use, it gets a page all on its own or an exploded diagram showing the use.

  • @ChongTastik
    @ChongTastik 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Molecular graphing? I'm sure it's been applied already. But definitely always room for innovation!

  • @roidroid
    @roidroid 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    5:40 tried the site, it's hidden behind a login wall :(

  • @ScottishAtheist
    @ScottishAtheist 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome stuff.

  • @punkisinthedetails1470
    @punkisinthedetails1470 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Some assembly required results may vary.

  • @cammydehart2881
    @cammydehart2881 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mind Blown ⚡️

  • @collinmayrand1
    @collinmayrand1 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow! If you have blood circulation problem in your feet, you could put a micro-pompe to help in your leg? :)

  • @racingwitsify
    @racingwitsify 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This seams more of a reflex than a self assembling anything. Phone cord is pulled parcially strait then recoils. Looks like the same thing.

  • @bachirontzki7087
    @bachirontzki7087 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    I agree, it's very difficult, but if we manage to understand the way the brain works in sufficient detail which we're a long way away from achieving, we will surely manage to replicate those same mechanics. Also the way the human mind works is surprisingly logical and predictable (given enough information about it). It's actually a bit scary and quite fascinating how machinelike we are.

  • @mythros1
    @mythros1 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Regardless if he states 4 dimensions and not "the fourth dimension" time is not a dimension. It is a measurement of movement used to convey distance.

  • @sether255
    @sether255 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    he raises a valid point. before the candle maker could learn to make light bulbs, here they would learn the new job of creating self replicating objects, a job they would lose after the first one was made.

  • @pinakadhara7650
    @pinakadhara7650 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very exciting!

  • @krazybassist64
    @krazybassist64 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Michael Crichton's "Prey". What a visionary, RIP