Ezinye izinhlobo zezinto eziphrintiwe nge-3D manje "zingazwakala", kusetshenziswa ubuchwepheshe obusha ukwakha izinzwa ngqo ezintweni zazo. Ucwaningo olusha luthole ukuthi lolu cwaningo lungaholela kumadivayisi amasha asebenzisanayo, njengefenisha ehlakaniphile.
Lobu buchwepheshe obusha busebenzisa izinto ezisebenzisa i-metaterials - izinto ezakhiwe ngegridi yezinto eziphindaphindayo - zibe yizinto zokuphrinta ze-3D. Uma amandla esetshenziswa ku-metaterial eguquguqukayo, amanye amaseli awo angase anwebeke noma acindezeleke. Ama-electrode afakwe kulezi zakhiwo angabona ubukhulu kanye nesiqondiso salezi zinguquko zesimo, kanye nokujikeleza kanye nokusheshisa.
Kulolu cwaningo olusha, abacwaningi bakha izinto ezenziwe ngepulasitiki eguquguqukayo kanye nezintambo eziqhuba umoya. Lezi zinamaseli amancane angaba ngu-5 mm ububanzi.
Iseli ngalinye linezindonga ezimbili eziphikisanayo ezenziwe ngemicu eqhubayo kanye nepulasitiki engahambisaniyo, kanti izindonga eziqhubayo zisebenza njengama-electrode. Amandla asetshenziswa entweni ashintsha ibanga nendawo ehlanganayo phakathi kwama-electrode aphikisanayo, akhiqize isignali kagesi ekhombisa imininingwane ngamandla asetshenziswayo. Umbhali-mbhali wombiko wocwaningo uthe ngale ndlela, lobu buchwepheshe obusha “bungahlanganisa ubuchwepheshe bokuzwa ngaphandle komthungo nangokungabonakali ezintweni eziphrintiwe.”
Abacwaningi bathi lezi zinto ezisetshenziswayo zingasiza abaklami ukuthi bakhe futhi balungise ngokushesha amadivayisi okufaka ekhompyutha aguquguqukayo. Isibonelo, basebenzise lezi zinto ezisetshenziswayo ukudala isilawuli somculo esenzelwe ukulingana nesimo sesandla somuntu. Lapho umsebenzisi ecindezela enye yezinkinobho eziguquguqukayo, isignali kagesi ekhiqizwayo isiza ukulawula i-synthesizer yedijithali.
Ososayensi benze ne-joystick ye-metamaterial yokudlala i-Pac-Man. Ngokuqonda ukuthi abantu basebenzisa kanjani amandla kule joystick, abaklami bangaklama izimo nobukhulu bezibambo ezihlukile kubantu abangakwazi ukubamba ngezindlela ezithile.
Umbhali-mbhali wombiko wocwaningo uthe: “Singabona ukunyakaza kunoma iyiphi into ephrintiwe nge-3D. Kusukela kumculo kuya ezinkundleni zokuxhumana zemidlalo, amandla ayajabulisa ngempela.”
Abacwaningi baphinde bakha isofthiwe yokuhlela ye-3D, ebizwa ngokuthi i-MetaSense, ukusiza abasebenzisi ukwakha amadivayisi asebenzisanayo besebenzisa la ma-metaterials. Ilingisa indlela into ephrintiwe ye-3D eguquka ngayo lapho kusetshenziswa amandla ahlukene, futhi ibala ukuthi yimaphi amaseli ashintsha kakhulu futhi afaneleka kakhulu ukusetshenziswa njengama-electrode.
I-MetaSense ivumela abaklami ukuthi baphrinte izakhiwo ze-3D ezinamakhono okuzwa akhelwe ngaphakathi ngesikhathi esisodwa. Lokhu kwenza ukwenziwa kwezithombe zamadivayisi kusheshe kakhulu, njengezinduku zokuzijabulisa, ezingenziwa ngokwezifiso zabantu abanezidingo ezahlukene zokufinyeleleka.
Ukushumeka amakhulu noma izinkulungwane zamayunithi ezinzwa entweni kungasiza ekufinyeleleni ukuhlaziywa kwesisombululo esiphezulu, ngesikhathi sangempela sendlela abasebenzisi abasebenzisana ngayo nayo. Isibonelo, isihlalo esihlakaniphile esenziwe ngale metamaterial singathola umzimba womsebenzisi, bese sivula isibani noma i-TV, noma siqoqe idatha yokuhlaziywa kamuva, njengokuthola nokulungisa ukuma komzimba. Lezi metamaterial zingase zisetshenziswe nasezinhlelweni ezigqokwayo.
Isikhathi sokuthunyelwe: Septhemba-27-2021
