Schendy Kernizan

Schendy Kernizan is a designer, TED Fellow, and co-founder and CEO of Rapid Liquid Print, an MIT spin-off developing gel-supported additive manufacturing. He helped develop a process that prints objects inside gel, allowing complex shapes to be made without conventional support structures.

Printing in Gel Could Move 3D Printing From Prototypes to Production

Designer and TED Fellow Schendy Kernizan argues that printing objects inside a reusable gel could help move 3D printing beyond prototypes and into more efficient production. The gel supports shapes as they are made, reducing the need for disposable support structures and allowing forms that gravity would otherwise make difficult to print. Kernizan sees the method as a way to make customized products, including medical devices, more practical and to give manufacturers greater freedom to test new designs.

TEDOct 2, 20264 min read