It's like something out of Westworld, but it's quite real. The wild future of 4D design A manufacturing technique from MIT's Self-Assembly Lab that is poised to disrupt everything from furniture to ...

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has unveiled a 4D Knit Dress production method that uses a mixture of advanced technologies to create custom garment fit and style for any person.

Custom-fit clothing is usually quite expensive, but perhaps it doesn't have to be. MIT's 4D Knit Dress is an example of a new type of clothing that a robot could selectively shrink to fit the wearer, ...

Skylar Tibbits coined the term “4-D printing” – then immediately moved on to his next blue-sky idea. Around 2012, at a bakery in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Skylar Tibbits noticed someone wearing a ...