In a real-world test, researchers built a wall with these interlocking glass bricks, showing that 3D-printed glass masonry can be used many times in construction projects.

3D-printing earthquake-proof towns, ... Clay and salt – as well as resin, nylon and sand – can now be squeezed out precisely in layers to form complex, interlocking geometric shapes.

[DaveMakesStuff] demonstrates a great technique for 3D printing a sphere; a troublesome shape for filament-based printers to handle. As a bonus, it uses a minimum of filament. His ideas can be appl… ...

Engineers developed a new kind of reconfigurable masonry made from 3D-printed, recycled glass. The bricks could be reused many times over in building facades and internal walls.

In 3D, the shapes can be found in nautilus shell segments. Observing these mollusks was a “turning point,” Domokos told Nature , because their compartment cross-sections looked like 2D soft ...

Study: A computational design approach for multi-material 4D printing based on interlocking blocks assembly.Image Credit: hunthomas/Shutterstock.com. Background. Design models and approaches to ...

Researchers at Texas A&M University and Sandia National Laboratories have improved interlocking metasurfaces (ILMs), which increase the strength and stability of a structure, with shape memory alloys ...

Tests by MIT showed that one glass brick can handle pressure similar to that of regular concrete blocks. In a real-world test, researchers built a wall with these interlocking glass bricks ...