A team of researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology has developed a way to use 3-D printers to create objects capable of expanding dramatically that could someday be used in applications ranging from space missions to biomedical devices.
The new objects use tensegrity, a structural system of floating rods in compression and cables in continuous tension. The researchers fabricated the struts from shape memory polymers that unfold when heated.
For more: https://news.gatech.edu/2017/06/13/researchers-create-3-d-printed-tensegrity-objects-capable-dramatic-shape-change
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