Year: 2022

4D PRINTING shape-changing structures. "Empowering objects made with special materials using 3D printing techniques and a fourth dimension of time, shows 4D printed materials will be able to adopt other shapes after being printed. Micro and nanoscale technology inside the material will be able to redesign itself – by itself – when needed." https://lnkd.in/eUji5-3 View in LinkedIn

"UNPRECEDENTED REVOLUTION" IN MATERIAL SCIENCES. "The revolution is the ability to create physical and biological materials which can change their shape and properties, and have the means to figure out the correct mathematical dimensions for self-assembly." (i.e., Water pipes that adjust shape according to volume flowing within them)." https://lnkd.in/eUji5-3 View in LinkedIn

NANOFABRICATION OF PROGRAMMABLE MATERIALS. "Tuning the optical, electromagnetic, and mechanical properties of a material requires simultaneous control over its composition and shape." https://lnkd.in/ex2QSyM View in LinkedIn

ULTIMATE BIOMIMICRY. "Goldstein sees the basic ideas of programmable matter being applied to objects at all scales, from atoms to house bricks, or perhaps even larger. It’s almost a philosophy: a determination among today’s researchers to make their creations more intelligent, more obedient, and more sensitive, imbuing them with qualities that will eventually make them act almost like living things—like matter with a mind of its own." https://lnkd.in/dzmMmjE View in LinkedIn

PARIO. "The featured application of claytronics is a new mode of communication. Claytronics will offer a more realistic sense to communication over long distance called pario. Similar to how audio and video provide aural and visual stimulation, pario provides an aural, visual and physical sensation. A user will be able to hear, see and touch the one communicating with them in a realistic manner." http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claytronics View in LinkedIn

TELEPARIO. "What the researchers propose to make are moving, physical, three-dimensional replicas of people or objects, so lifelike that human senses would accept them as real. This would eliminate the need for cumbersome virtual reality gear and overcome the viewing angle limitations of modern 3D approaches. The replicas would mimic the shape and appearance of a person or object being imaged in real time, and as the originals moved, so would their replicas." http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Reconfiguring_Modular_Robotics View in LinkedIn

SENSATE INTERNET. "Sharing smell, but also touch, and even taste – that’s the vision of a London university professor who has developed a range of devices he hopes will transcend the current limitations of online communication. Today, our interaction with a smartphone or a computer is essentially audio-visual. Adrian David Cheok, Professor of Pervasive Computing at City University London, wants to involve all of our senses." https://lnkd.in/evzgUmJ View in LinkedIn

NO APRIL FOOL's JOKE. "To communicate smells via the internet, Cheok and his team have created the “Scentee” device, which connects to an app on your smartphone. An aroma is released when you receive a text message or when the phone clock alarm goes off." https://lnkd.in/evzgUmJ View in LinkedIn

VIRTUAL TOUCH. "But Cheok wants to go further, beyond smell, and offer users a chance to share touch via the internet. So, together with a team of researchers in Japan, he has developed what’s been dubbed the "world's first tele-hug ring". https://lnkd.in/evzgUmJ View in LinkedIn

FUTURIST MOVIES have depicted a dystopian future, notably in 2017 and 2019 (Cherry 2000 and Blade Runner). We appear to be living now in a visualized past future. Bear with my digression into fanciful predictions about Claytronics and Robotics, which will ultimately revert to a Life Science theme, I promise. View in LinkedIn