Researchers at Microsoft have developed a way to embed coded tags into 3D-printed objects, paving the way for those products to include identifiable information.
The tags, called “InfraStructs,” are embedded during the printing process and then read using terahertz scanning. InfraStructs could replace items like electronic chips or bar codes on 3D-printed items, according to principal Microsoft researcher Andy Wilson and former Microsoft intern Karl Willis of Carnegie Mellon University.
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InfraStructs Find Their Way Into the Guts of 3D-Printed Objects
Posted by: Rachelle Dragani July 31, 2013 12:14 PMResearchers at Microsoft have developed a way to embed coded tags into 3D-printed objects, paving the way for those products to include identifiable information.
The tags, called “InfraStructs,” are embedded during the printing process and then read using terahertz scanning. InfraStructs could replace items like electronic chips or bar codes on 3D-printed items, according to principal Microsoft researcher Andy Wilson and former Microsoft intern Karl Willis of Carnegie Mellon University.