Dahlon P Lyles is a Purdue University research assistant and lab technician, and an associate engineer at 3rd Dimension Industrial 3D printing. He has created a lattice structure -- 3D printed using an aluminum alloy -- that can support more than 100,000 times its own weight. The 3.9g lattice cube, just 24mm on a side, can support distributed loads of over 400kg before succumbing to the pressure. The lattice structure was designed using SolidWorks and created via a 3D Systems ProX 200 3D printer. Check out more details on this lightweight, heavy load-bearing proof of concept in the full article: http://3dprint.com/29958/3d-printed-aluminum-lattice/


Below is a photo of the tiny cube supporting a full grown man's weight: