Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Robot Pebbles

My daughter would argue that I have no idea what is and what is not cool.  I believe, however, that THIS is really freaking cool:


Researchers at MIT have hyptohesized a "smart sand," which will allow you to clone real 3D objects.  A key use case is replacement broken mechanical parts, creating a very interesting future direction for rapid prototyping.


Please read more here:


http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/smart-robotic-sand-0402.html



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