A team of researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) has designed materials that can control and mold a balloon into pre-programmed shapes. The system uses kirigami sheets -- thin sheets of material with periodic cuts -- embedded into an inflatable device.
Programmable balloons pave the way for new shape-morphing devices
- EurekAlert
- 8. 7 2020 (06:00)