A 40-year-old patent inspired a three-sided fastener that lets objects take shape in instants. With an adaptable fastener designed at CSAIL, pitching a tent or adjusting the cast for a broken bone ...

Abstract: Some existing theories of triangular intuitionistic fuzzy numbers (TIFNs) and triangular intuitionistic fuzzy sets (TIFSs) are proved in this paper. In addition, this paper also provides ...

The Y-zipper a user creates will appear to “shape-shift” in the real world. When unzipped, it can look like a squid with three sprawling tentacles, and when closed up, it becomes a more compact ...

Y-zipper: a forgotten patent returns nearly 40 years later MIT researchers revive a forgotten 1980s zipper concept with Y-zipper, a three-sided 3D printed fastening system that shifts between soft and ...

A patent filed in 1985 is being dusted off as a source of inspiration for a new 3D-printed triangular-shaped zipper that seamlessly fastens chairs, tents, robots and purses, making them simpler to ...

3D printing, or additive manufacturing, is often touted as the future of manufacturing. And in many ways, it already is, as it is getting deployed for advanced equipment like rocket nozzles, drone ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. MIT President Sally Kornbluth announced Thursday that, along with a substantial drop in ...

A fastening device first imagined more than 40 years ago has been revived by MIT researchers using modern 3D printing technology. The “Y‑zipper,” a three‑sided version of the familiar two‑row zipper, ...

When we think of zippers, we think of a 2D structure that allows users to fasten two parts of a garment. Pulling a slider up and down between two rows of teeth that face each other allows the zipper ...

Key Laboratory for Supramolecular Structure and Material of Ministry of Education of China, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China, and Department of Chemistry, The City College of New York, ...

A research team from the WITH CSAIL has revived a three-sided zipper that was designed by William Freeman back in 1985. The idea: a connecting element is intended to transform flexible structures into ...