On a weekend morning in December, dozens of customers at Ministry of Supply’s flagship store in Boston crowded around a robot arm holding a heat gun. The customized robot, which costs roughly $30,000, ...

MIT's Self-Assembly Lab has developed materials that can be programmed to transform their shape autonomously -- from flexible carbon fibre and hybrid plastics to wood grains and textiles. Skylar ...

HAVE IDEAS ABOUT BOTH, FROM SPECIAL FILMS THAT ADAPT TO CHANGES IN HEAT. THE REALLY GREAT THING ABOUT THIS IS IT COULD BECOME, YOU KNOW, A SHADING SYSTEM. SO IT’S REALLY EASY TO RETROFIT ONTO EXISTING ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has unveiled a 4D Knit Dress production method that uses a mixture of advanced technologies to create custom garment fit and style for any person.

MIT's Self Assembly Lab has been developing new approaches to furniture manufacturing using new forms of high-speed 3D printing, working with Autodesk, Steelcase and other partners. Wood-Skin, a ...