Once the dome’s shape was set, an army of silkworms was set loose to add a second, biologically produced layer to the structure. The density of the silk threads vary according to the whims of ...

Your eyes are not deceiving you: The Silk Pavillion — an architectural experiment constructed at MIT, was "3-D printed" using 6,500 live silkworms. Humans have been breeding silkworms for fabric ...

Inspired by the silkworm’s ability to create a 3D cocoon out of a single, 1 km thread, a team of researchers led by architect Neri Oxman created a fibrous, CNC-fabricated scaffold made from 26 ...

News: researchers at MIT Media Lab's Mediated Matter group have created a dome from silk fibres woven by a robotic arm, which was then finished by live silkworms (+ movie).Update: this interview ...

MIT might have already moved on to 4D printing, but not before constructing a dome using 6,500 live silkworms—taking, what researchers call, “a biological swarm approach to 3D printing.” The ...

This week, all eyes will be on the MIT campus — in more ways than one. As part of Artfinity, MIT’s festival for the arts, the MIT Dome will be transformed into an eye.. The “Gaze to the Stars” ...