MIT's interactive shape-shifting table
Channel: Dezeen
Date: 2014-05-13

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In this movie, computer scientist Hiroshi Ishii explains why MIT Media Lab's shape-shifting table top is "equivalent to the invention of painting".

The table is made up of over 1,000 plastic rods attached to individual motors. When someone passes their hand over the table top, sensors detect the movement and cause the surface to ripple like a wave.

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