Watched by Jason Z. on October 15 2010:
Blob Motility is an attempt of actuated shape display using fluid programmable matter. We have developed an environment where we can program the shape of gel geometrically and topologically using our unique magnetic fluid called pBlob. This enables us to experience organic shape changes in real space, like a metaball in the CG world. The control hardware is composed of electromagnets arranged in the honeycomb structure and their control circuits. We describe the method of blob creation, details of the mechanism and the language for transformation control, and propose some applications we are developing at present.via Make:
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3 comments so far
Deltaplan 15 Oct 10
How many years until they actually build a T-1000 ?
Michael 15 Oct 10
I’m impressed. This might possibly be the nerdiest, geekiest thing I’ve ever seen on the 37signals blog.
Martin 22 Oct 10
+1K to Deltaplan… that was the first thing that came to mind when I saw this cool tech.
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