{"id":228324,"date":"2026-01-04T01:05:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T07:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/one-pull-of-a-string-is-all-it-takes-to-deploy-these-complex-structures"},"modified":"2026-01-04T01:05:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T07:05:32","slug":"one-pull-of-a-string-is-all-it-takes-to-deploy-these-complex-structures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/one-pull-of-a-string-is-all-it-takes-to-deploy-these-complex-structures","title":{"rendered":"One pull of a string is all it takes to deploy these complex structures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NfYkEx4YOmc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>MIT researchers have developed a new method for designing 3D structures that can be transformed from a flat configuration into their curved, fully formed shape with only a single pull of a string.<\/p>\n<p>The technique could enable the rapid deployment of a temporary field hospital at the site of a disaster such as a devastating tsunami\u2014a situation where quick medical action is essential to save lives.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers\u2019 approach converts a user-specified 3D structure into a flat shape composed of interconnected tiles. The algorithm uses a two-step method to find the path with minimal friction for a string that can be tightened to smoothly actuate the structure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIT researchers have developed a new method for designing 3D structures that can be transformed from a flat configuration into their curved, fully formed shape with only a single pull of a string. The technique could enable the rapid deployment of a temporary field hospital at the site of a disaster such as a devastating [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-information-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228324","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\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}