Digitization, decentralization, and omni-channel retail: The future of supply chains
Chris Caplice directs research to help companies around the world respond to the latest developments in supply chain management.
Media Lab’s Neri Oxman awarded Vilcek Prize
Architect and designer recognized for leading-edge design inspired by biology
3-D scanning, with your smartphone
Startup Viztu Technologies developed commercial software that generated 3-D models from 2-D photos, before selling to a tech giant.
Objective reality: 3-D printing gains traction at MIT
MIT Libraries are offering an IAP session (already full) and a brown-bag lunch talk on 3-D printing — technology MIT helped develop years ago that is now entering the mainstream.
CSAIL researchers develop new ways to streamline, simplify 3-D printing
New research to be presented at the 2013 SIGGRAPH computer graphics conference could transform field of 3-D printing.
Printing artificial bone
Researchers develop method to design synthetic materials and quickly turn the design into reality using computer optimization and 3-D printing.
New technique predictably generates complex, wavy shapes
May help improve drug delivery and explain natural patterns from brain folds to bell peppers.
Buckle in
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.
Printing off the paper
MIT research continues to push the boundaries of the burgeoning technology of 3-D printing.