Mechanical integrated circuit materials

C El Helou, B Grossmann, CE Tabor, PR Buskohl… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Recent developments in autonomous engineered matter have introduced the ability for
intelligent materials to process environmental stimuli and functionally adapt,,–. To formulate …

Designing a Sustainable Material for 3D Printing with Spent Coffee Grounds

ML Rivera, SS Bae, SE Hudson - … of the 2023 ACM Designing Interactive …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The widespread adoption of 3D printers exacerbates existing environmental challenges as
these machines increase energy consumption, waste output, and the use of plastics …

[HTML][HTML] 3D-printed metamaterials with versatile functionalities

L Wu, J Xue, X Tian, T Liu, D Li - Chinese Journal of Mechanical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Metamaterials are artificial structures that have been engineered to exhibit properties that do
not occur naturally in conventional materials. They were firstly made up of periodic unit cells …

spaceR: Knitting Ready-Made, Tactile, and Highly Responsive Spacer-Fabric Force Sensors for Continuous Input

R Aigner, MA Haberfellner, M Haller - Proceedings of the 35th Annual …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
With spaceR, we present both design and implementation of a resistive force-sensor based
on a spacer fabric knit. Due to its softness and elasticity, our sensor provides an appealing …

Fibercuit: Prototyping High-Resolution Flexible and Kirigami Circuits with a Fiber Laser Engraver

Z Yan, A Sathya, S Yusuf, JM Lien, H Peng - Proceedings of the 35th …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Prototyping compact devices with unique form factors often requires the PCB manufacturing
process to be outsourced, which can be expensive and time-consuming. In this paper, we …

All-in-one print: Designing and 3D printing dynamic objects using kinematic mechanism without assembly

J Li, M Li, J Ji, D Pan, Y Fan, K Zhu, Y Yang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The field of Human-Computer-Interaction (HCI) has been consistently utilizing kinematic
mechanisms to create tangible dynamic interfaces and objects. However, the design and …

MechSense: A Design and Fabrication Pipeline for Integrating Rotary Encoders into 3D Printed Mechanisms

M Alalawi, N Pacik-Nelson, J Zhu… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
We introduce MechSense, 3D-printed rotary encoders that can be fabricated in one pass
alongside rotational mechanisms, and report on their angular position, direction of rotation …

Fluidic innervation sensorizes structures from a single build material

RL Truby, L Chin, A Zhang, D Rus - Science advances, 2022 - science.org
Multifunctional materials with distributed sensing and programmed mechanical properties
are required for myriad emerging technologies. However, current fabrication techniques …

Metareality: enhancing tactile experiences using actuated 3D-printed metamaterials in virtual reality

M Feick, D Degraen, F Hupperich… - Frontiers in Virtual Reality, 2023 - frontiersin.org
During interaction with objects in Virtual Reality haptic feedback plays a crucial role for
creating convincing immersive experiences. Recent work building upon passive haptic …

X-Bridges: Designing Tunable Bridges to Enrich 3D Printed Objects' Deformation and Stiffness

L Sun, J Li, J Ji, D Pan, M Li, K Zhu, Y Fan… - Proceedings of the 35th …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Bridges are unique structures appeared in fused deposition modeling (FDM) that make rigid
prints flexible but not fully explored. This paper presents X-Bridges, an end-to-end workflow …