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inFORM

Nov 13, 2023Comments off

Interactive shape-shifting display In 2012, MIT’s Tangible Media Group proposed the idea of radical atoms, a new user-interface paradigm in which atoms become as manipulable

Dynamic Performance of Nature

Jul 06, 2023Comments off

Information-driven, Live Data LED Media Wall Situated sensing technologies have created unprecedented ways with which to achieve a new synchronous relationship with the world. According

Epidermal Electronic System

Mar 23, 2023Comments off

Electronic tattoo Epidermal electronic systems are circuitry designed to match the thickness, elasticity, and stiffness of human skin. These electronics are designed to be worn

Pattern Transfer Nanomanufacturing

Mar 10, 2019Comments off

Flexible nanoparticle film generation University of South Carolina scientists have developed an innovative “misuse” of magnetic recording technology with intriguing possibilities. The technology is conventionally

Discovery Wall

Sep 16, 2018Comments off

Circular lens-based digital display The Discovery Wall is a display wall composed of circular pixels. Mini LCD screens are set in a grid pattern behind

BioTac

Sep 09, 2018Comments off

Fluid-filled tactile sensor BioTac emulates the sensory capability and physical qualities of the human fingertip. The design consists of a rigid core enveloped by a

M-Blocks

May 27, 2018Comments off

Self-assembling robotic cubes M-Blocks are simple cubic robots that propel themselves through space without any conspicuous moving parts. Developed by scientists at MIT’s Computer Science

C-Fab

May 20, 2018Comments off

Freeform 3D wall printing Branch Technology has developed a systemic approach to 3D printing mesh structures that function as the backbone of a wall assembly.

Pointelist

Mar 11, 2018Comments off

Plug-in-play building monitoring system Researchers at KieranTimberlake have developed a Wireless Sensor Network to monitor building performance and behavior. Seeking to make buildings as climate

Pneumatic Biomaterials Deposition

Oct 22, 2017Comments off

Water-based fabrication of biomaterial structures Researchers at MIT have realized a technique for printing gel-based structures modeled after the principles of biological construction. The water-based