Forgotten in a Garage Since 1985, This Patent Allows MIT to Reinvent the Zipper and Give It New Properties
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A 1985 idea that seemed impossible to revive thanks to 3D printing: a “triangular cremallera” capable of moving from flexible to rigid in seconds. MIT has made it a reality and already imagine applications in robotics, medical splints, drop-down shelters or even space technology. The Y-Zipper resisted more than 18,000 cycles in testing labels: science, mit» original news (www.microsiervos.com)
This triangular zipper that they have reinvented in the M.I.T. is actually an idea proposed in 1985 by Professor William Freeman. An advance to its time, because at that time manufacturing it was extremely expensive and complicated, almost impossible. Today, thanks to 3D printing and design software it has been possible to become a reality and is much cheaper and viable. Its pieces are printed in 3D and are resistant; in the tests it survived 18…
In 1985, an engineer from Polaroid drew a patent that was considered farfelu, and then let him take the dust from his garage. A few decades later, the MIT drew a printable triangular zipper, capable of freezing a tent or a robot of one movement. A triangular zipper born in a garage The origin dates back to 1985. William Freeman, then electrician engineer at Polaroid and now professor at MIT, reads in Scientific American an announcement from the …
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