So far, Tibbits has demonstrated materials that respond to light, water, and heat.

到目前为止，蒂比茨已经证实这些材料确实能够光，水和热的变化产生响应。

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Tibbits then USES a 3-d printer to apply materials that are known to shrink or grow under certain conditions.

弄懂了材料在某种特定条件下的变化规律之后，蒂比茨将这些材料应用在3d打印机上。

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Skylar Tibbits, director of MIT's Self-Assembly Laboratory, begins with novel carbon fiber composites developed by the startup Carbitex, based in Kennewick, Washington.

总部设在华盛顿·肯纳·威克的Carbitex公司开发出了新型碳纤维复合材料，之后麻省理工学院自组装实验室的主任斯凯勒·蒂比茨开始了基于此材料的研究。

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At the TED conference in Los Angeles, architect and computer scientist Skylar Tibbits showed how the process allows objects to self-assemble.

BBC: TED 2013: 4D printed objects 'make themselves'

"The rigid material becomes a structure and the other layer is the force that can start bending and twisting it, " said Mr Tibbits.

BBC: TED 2013: 4D printed objects 'make themselves'

"We could also have heat, vibration and sound, " said Mr Tibbits.

BBC: TED 2013: 4D printed objects 'make themselves'