Minimal Manufacturing using Nanotechnology and 3D Printing

The Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) creates information technology solutions for many of our most pressing social, environmental and healthcare problems.

This extensive video presentation examines "Minimal Manufacturing" using inkjet technology and special materials like nano metal pastes to direct form three-dimensional structures anywhere on a substrate. The process is simple and the entire setup can be carried out on a desktop, in an ambient environment, and at room temperature. By combining this method with advanced material and ink processing, electronic devices may eventually be manufactured not by a large factory but by small-scale equipment that can sit on a desktop.

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