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June 19, 2014 06:00 pm -04
Original Link: http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/19/mit-3d-printed-ultra-lightweight-materials/?ncid=rss_truncated
3D-printed material can carry 160,000 times its own weight
Researchers from MIT and Lawrence Livermore have created a new class of materials with the same density as aerogels (aka frozen smoke) but 10,000 times stiffer. Called micro-architected metamaterials, they can withstand 160,000 times their own...Original Link: http://www.engadget.com/2014/06/19/mit-3d-printed-ultra-lightweight-materials/?ncid=rss_truncated
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