Bioinspired weather-responsive adaptive shading

Re:Bioinspired weather-responsive adaptive shading by 0_____0 on Monday January 20, 2025 @10:15PM (#42776088)

Interesting but the brief doesn't explain what 4-D printing is, which sort of reduces whatever technique they used to a cheap buzzword.

If I was less lazy I'd read the cites and report back, but alas, sloth.

Edit: OK, I've done it. It's just 3D printing objects that change shape over time once they're printed, 3D-ly. I really like that people are thinking about how to achieve this environmentally mediated shape changes but the marketing buzzwords suuuuuuuuck

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Re:Bioinspired weather-responsive adaptive shading by BandButcher on Monday January 20, 2025 @10:39PM (#42776323)

Haha while I agree, the HN post title felt on point with what they were researching so it wasn't so much clickbaity as it was fluff in the article. Usually its clickbait titles and I feel duped

Very cool technology, but I'm curious how much it helps to cool (temperature) as well as the robustness and longevity of the cellulose material

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Re:Bioinspired weather-responsive adaptive shading by jon_richards on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @03:57AM (#42777871)

I think it's become an industry term. This isn't the first article or product I've seen using it to refer to a 3d printed object that reversibly transforms without mechanical input.

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Re:Bioinspired weather-responsive adaptive shading by qrsjutsu on Tuesday January 21, 2025 @04:51AM (#42778188)

yeah, 4D is nonsense. it's "just" built-in conditional logic. a person who gets fatter over Christmas isn't a 4D person.

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