MIT researchers 3D print three-sided zipper that stiffens into rods, coils, and arches
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the system revisits an unrealized triangular zipper concept from the 1980s, reimagining it as a printable mechanism for adaptive robots, kinetic installations, and rapid-assembly tents. The post MIT researchers 3D print three-sided zipper that stiffens into rods, coils, and arches appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine .
