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Briefing
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- 3D Printing Method – Chinese researchers from Tsinghua University invented technique that uses 3D printer to bind electronics onto textiles while being flexible to print designs
- Two Inks – Custom nozzle prints two inks at same time, including carbon nanotube that serves as conductive core and silk as insulator
- Demonstration – First sample 3D printed Chinese characters for word ‘printing’, second embedded English word ‘silk’, and third showed image of pigeon
- Energy Harvesting – Designed to harvest biomechanical energy from human motion, with power density at 18 milliwatts per square meter (mW/m2)
- Advantages – More efficient, flexible, easy-to-use, cheap and scalable than other methods
- Future Applications – Create hybrid wearable materials and electronics, with other functions like sensing, actuating, communication and more
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