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November 9, 2015

MIT’s shape-shifting bot can be a phone, lamp or exoskeleton

by John_A

LineFORM

MIT’s Media Lab has created LineFORM, a “Shape Changing Interface” that presents new ways for us to interact with technology. LineFORM is a serpentine robot that has the ability to form a number of shapes, mixing flexibility with rigidity. The lab’s Tangible Media Group believes it opens up “new possibilities for display, interaction, and body constraint,” and has demonstrated its potential for all three on video.

Via: Prosthetic Knowledge

Source: MIT Media Lab

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