“Metamaterials” Allow You to 3D Print Simple Machines

[DidierKlein 729]

Hey guys have you seen this?

A fun way to use flexible filaments

 

source:

http://makezine.com/2016/09/14/3d-printed-metamaterials-create-flexible-machines/

[ultimprint 4]

Nice! Do you know what software they use?

[geert_2 560]

The software seems to be their own development.

The basic idea is brilliant, definitely worth remembering. But at this moment the distortion seems to be too much concentrated in a few small areas. If the distortion was more equally distributed over a much larger area, this would greatly improve component life, I think.