News IBM secures patent for 4D printing — smart material uses ML for transporting microparticles

[Admin]

The USPTO granted IBM a patent that details how an ML algorithm automatically controls a 4D-printed smart material.

IBM secures patent for 4D printing — smart material uses ML for transporting microparticles : Read more

 

[Giroro]

The real 4th D was the friends we made along the way.

 

[usertests]

Finally, alien technology in the garage.

 

[gg83]

The real 4th D was the friends we made along the way.

Sounds like something Bungie said about destiny 2 when it wasn't doing so well.

 

[gg83]

I read Timeline in 1998. The book talked about IBM back then. I believe IBM already knows the future but they have to keep it a secret. They do some phenomenal research.

 

[flowingbass]

I thought IBM figured out how to manipulate and print time now

 

[BwwwJ1st]

Not

Finally, alien technology in the garage.

not quite Star Trek transporters, but eerily reminds me of Stargate replicators.

 

[JRStern]

God bless the patent office.

 

[passivecool]

was this not NDA until april 1?

 

[AlbertWesker]

Patents only protect you in countries that actually enforce them. This mostly just blocks Western companies from competing, while China doesn’t care about patents. The moment they see a working application, they’ll start mass-producing the hell out of it.