Engineers have designed pliable, 3D-printed mesh materials whose flexibility and toughness they can tune to emulate and support softer tissues such as muscles and tendons. They can tailor the ...

As a demonstration, the team printed a flexible mesh for use in an ankle brace. ... conformable nature of fabrics. “3D-printed clothing and devices tend to be bulky,” Pattinson says.

Printing on fabric might be a familiar trick, ... a 2D mesh of triangles. Triangles are then mapped to hexagons based on size, which produces a landscape of 2D hexagons.

The intricate structures in each mesh can be tailored to make tough, stretchy fabric-like material for personalized, wearable supports. They might even be applicable to implantable devices such as ...

One night in 2007, a sewing enthusiast and fabric-lover realized what was missing from her living room: curtains with big yellow polka dots. Instead of searching fabric stores for the perfect ...

After modelling printed mesh on her body, she continued to experiment and project her personal photographs onto clothing. “When I started the brand it was a way of honouring my heritage – I’m the ...

MIT engineers have designed pliable, 3D-printed mesh materials whose flexibility and toughness they can tune to emulate and support softer tissues such as muscles and tendons. They can tailor the ...