4-D Printers?
As a promise of 3-D printers has reached the national agenda, some scientists decided to raise the stakes. 4-D printers are currently in development, adding a new twist to printing. Now the time element has been added, instead of printing plain static objects things you print have the capability of transforming into other things once printed. View the video below for an example by M.I.T. researcher Skylar Tibbits.
As you can see the straight line transformed into the acronym M.I.T.
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