Making data matter
A multimaterial, voxel-printing method turns imaging datasets into physical objects
The Mediated Matter Group / MIT Media Lab
The Mediated Matter Group / MIT Media Lab
The Mediated Matter Group / MIT Media Lab
The Mediated Matter Group / MIT Media Lab
A new data processing method developed through a joint collaboration between the Wyss Institute and the MIT Media Lab removes that roadblock by converting various different forms of complex 3D data into a stack of high resolution “dithered bitmaps” which preserves extremely fine details and material gradients present in the source files. The researchers hope that this “bridging of the gap between digital information representation and physical material composition” will help democratize 3D printing and eventually allow anyone to print an accurate, detailed, full-color 3D model of almost anything imaginable.
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