Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory have developed a three-sided zipper that transforms 3D-printed floppy structures into rigid, load-bearing forms in seconds.
A patent filed in 1985 is being dusted off as a source of inspiration for a new 3D-printed triangular-shaped zipper that seamlessly fastens chairs, tents, robots and purses, making them simpler to ...
Researchers at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have revived an approximately 40-year-old technique of a triangularly arranged zipper to create objects with ...