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Demonstrating Thermorph: Democratizing 4D Printing of Self-Folding Materials and Interfaces

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Ye Tao,

Jianzhe Gu,

Byoungkwon An,

Tingyu Cheng,

Xiang 'Anthony' Chen,

Lining YaoAuthors Info & Claims

CHI EA '18: Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Paper No.: D405, Pages 1 - 4

https://doi.org/10.1145/3170427.3186478

Published: 20 April 2018 Publication History

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We demonstrate "Thermorph", a rapid prototyping system aims to print flat thermoplastic composites and trigger them to self-fold into 3D with arbitrary bending angles. An interactive web-based design platform is developed to allow users to input their desired 3D shape or design 2D pattern, and see the printer printing it out automatically. Thermorph employs a desktop FDM printer and low-cost printing filaments to make this 4D printing technique readily accessible for researchers, hobbyists, classrooms, museums and developing countries.

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April 2018

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ISBN:9781450356213

DOI:10.1145/3170427

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