{"id":972,"date":"2016-04-07T17:17:07","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T22:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/?p=972"},"modified":"2017-03-26T19:55:04","modified_gmt":"2017-03-27T00:55:04","slug":"time-warp-the-unfolding-story-of-4-d-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/?p=972","title":{"rendered":"Time-Warp: The Unfolding Story of 4-D Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/science.howstuffworks.com\/4d-printing.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/63\/A_printing_press_with_a_pair_of_legs_brandishes_a_quill_wrap_Wellcome_V0039930.jpg\/326px-A_printing_press_with_a_pair_of_legs_brandishes_a_quill_wrap_Wellcome_V0039930.jpg\" alt=\"Image of printing press with legs holding a quill\" width=\"234\" height=\"344\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">It&#8217;s probably something like this.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>4-D printing remains in its early stages, It&#8217;s certainly too early to tell if \u00a0it&#8217;s anything more than a buzzword, let alone if its promise will translate into practicality. But the sorts of people who bet on these kinds of things are betting on it.<\/p>\n<p>And why not?\u00a0Suppose a structure could unfold itself, like origami. Imagine if walls could flex or stiffen in response to shifting loads, or if a buried pipe could change shape to accommodate varying water flows \u2014 or to pump water via peristalsis, like your digestive system. Through 4-D printing, nothing is set in stone unless you want it to be.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/science.howstuffworks.com\/4d-printing.htm\" target=\"_blank\">How 4-D Printing Works<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>4-D printing remains in its early stages, It&#8217;s certainly too early to tell if \u00a0it&#8217;s anything more than a buzzword, let alone if its promise will translate into practicality. But the sorts of people who bet on these kinds of things are betting on it. And why not?\u00a0Suppose a structure could unfold itself, like origami. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/?p=972\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Time-Warp: The Unfolding Story of 4-D Printing<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,22,12,94,46,82,73,74,3,57,13],"tags":[750,81,223,19,5,115,130,1122],"class_list":["post-972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto","category-biochemistry","category-consumer","category-engineering","category-gadgets","category-health","category-materials","category-physics","category-science","category-space","category-technology","tag-3-d-printing","tag-aerodynamics","tag-astronaut","tag-brakes","tag-inventors","tag-nanotechnology","tag-robotics","tag-self-assembly"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=972"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":975,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972\/revisions\/975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nicholasgerbis.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}