| According to foreign media reports, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and BMW are studying 3D printing The new form of air technology can completely change the car interior. MIT and BMW are working together to develop 3D printable, inflatable, flexible materials to change the future of car design. At present, cars have used airbags on airbags and some seats. But because Inflatable objects require a thin, flexible material that is difficult to use to function properly. Engineers have not tried any plans that are too complex or too aggressive.  MIT's Self-Assembly Lab is developing a new process called 'Liquid Printing Gas Dynamics' to change this situation. The printer will squeeze the liquefied material into the gel tank, and then Curing molding. 3D printing usually uses only hard plastic, but MIT Labs can print 100% silicone into a variety of complex airbags that can be programmed to inflate or deflate. Skylar Tibbits, Co-Director and Founder of the Self-Assembly Lab, told FastCompany, 'It is programmed using air, different from 0 and 1 (binary storage in the computer), you are sending different air pulses. The material looks like it can live, breathe, inflate, sleep. At the same time, BMW has been working on the future of the concept of inflatable cars for the past ten years. One of the concepts is to imagine cars with deformable flexible shells. Another idea Is equipped with a movable, inflatable simulation dashboard, marking the front obstacles. Inflatable material means fully customizable car interiors: seats can be combined and inflated in different directions and configurations; the hardness or softness of the seats can be programmed; of course, airbags can be redesigned; perhaps more useful. MIT has not disclosed how BMW will use the new technology, but according to the researchers, what technology may use is inflating and deflation. Source: Gasgoo.com |
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