Aerospace company Boeing has mentioned the huge potential of their unique 3D printed microlattice material, which they believe to be the world’s lightest metal. ⛓️
The material, first developed in 2011 by Boeing subsidiary HRL Laboratories for the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), is roughly one hundred times lighter than Styrofoam, with walls one thousand times thinner than a human hair.🏋️
With a density of just 0.9 mg/cc, the material is a metal microlattice made of interconnected hollow tubes, which makes it extremely resilient against compression and affords it a high level of absorption.💪