{"id":172745,"date":"2023-09-25T02:23:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T07:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/llnl-and-meta-engineers-develop-3d-printed-material-with-potential-for-more-lifelike-wearables"},"modified":"2023-09-25T02:23:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T07:23:07","slug":"llnl-and-meta-engineers-develop-3d-printed-material-with-potential-for-more-lifelike-wearables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/llnl-and-meta-engineers-develop-3d-printed-material-with-potential-for-more-lifelike-wearables","title":{"rendered":"LLNL and Meta engineers develop 3D-printed material with potential for more lifelike wearables"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/llnl-and-meta-engineers-develop-3d-printed-material-with-potential-for-more-lifelike-wearables2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Engineers and chemists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Meta have developed a new kind of 3D-printed material capable of replicating characteristics of biological tissue, an advancement that could impact the future of \u201caugmented humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a paper recently published in the journal Matter, LLNL and Meta researchers describe a framework for creating a \u201cone-pot\u201d 3D-printable resin in which light is used to pattern smooth gradients in stiffness to approximate gradients found in biology, such as where bone meets muscle.<\/p>\n<p>The framework addresses a key challenge in developing more lifelike wearables: \u201cmechanical mismatch.\u201d Whereas natural tissues are soft, electronic devices are usually made of rigid materials and it can be difficult and time-consuming to assemble such devices using traditional means.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>We support diverse research activities with talented staff, state-of-the-art facilities and core competencies. From internal collaboration to external partnerships, we work together to advance scientific discovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Engineers and chemists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Meta have developed a new kind of 3D-printed material capable of replicating characteristics of biological tissue, an advancement that could impact the future of \u201caugmented humanity.\u201d In a paper recently published in the journal Matter, LLNL and Meta researchers describe a framework for creating a [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":534,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1977],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-172745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biological","category-wearables"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/534"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172745\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}