It’s not much of a stretch to say that without nuts and bolts, the world would fall apart. Bolted connections are everywhere, from the frame of your DIY 3D printer to the lug nuts holding the… ...

The complete design consists of eight parts which includes the arms, nuts, and bolts, as well as the wall mount, each of which can be printed individually.

Using 3D printing, the teams designed and fabricated active ILMs by integrating SMAs, specifically nickel-titanium, which can recover their original shape after deformation by changing temperatures.