LMS Issue 6; 2013 | Page 7

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LMS? Issue 6 | 2013?

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4D Printing Technology

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cientists at the University of Colorado
in Boulder (CU-Boulder) have
successfully added a fourth dimension
to their printing technology. This opens
up a myriad of exciting possibilities
for the creation and use of adaptive,
composite materials in manufacturing,
packaging and biomedical applications.
The research team that was led by
H Jerry Qi, an Associate Professor of
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