The team sought design inspiration from trees and harnessed the potential of 3D printing ... by plant transpiration and are composed of miniature tree-shaped microstructures, forming an efficient ...

Japanese design studio Nendo has created an alternative to the tricky task of nurturing a bonsai tree with its Grid-Bonsai – a 3D-printed version of the plant that owners can prune to their liking.

The demand for disposable miniature imaging platforms (DMIPs ... Reducing the system components to five 3D-printed and four off-the-shelf parts The passive alignment features throughout the 3D-printed ...

In one test, for example, the team shaped the material into a model of a tree. A diagram illustrating how plant cells can be cultured and 3D printed into custom shapes, with different strengths ...

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