Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. Translation loading for the zero-bs-crm domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /homepages/30/d4297336883/htdocs/wordpress/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121

Notice: Function _load_textdomain_just_in_time was called incorrectly. Translation loading for the health-check domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /homepages/30/d4297336883/htdocs/wordpress/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6121
MIT Invents Shapeshifting Display Using Atoms Instead Of Pixels

The folks at the MIT Media Lab, has unveiled the future of computing  in the form of inFORM.

According to a report from Fast Company, “inForm is a surface that three-dimensionally changes shape, allowing users to not only interact with digital content in meatspace, but even hold hands with a person hundreds of miles away. And that’s only the beginning.”

inForm is created by Daniel Leithinger and Sean Follmer and overseen by Professor Hiroshi Ishii, and is basically a Pinscreen, which allows users to create a rough 3-D model of an object by pressing it into a bed of flattened pins.

“The “pins” is connected to a motor controlled by a nearby laptop, which can not only move the pins to render digital content physically, but can also register real-life objects interacting with its surface thanks to the sensors of a hacked Microsoft Kinect. To put it in the simplest terms, the inFORM is a self-aware computer monitor that doesn’t just display light, but shape as well,” the report said.

“Right now, the things designers can create with graphics are more powerful and flexible than in hardware,” Leithinger tells Co.Design. “The result is our gadgets have been consumed by the screen and become indistinguishable black rectangles with barely any physical controls. That’s why BlackBerry is dying.”

car

Read more

By Staff

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.