Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have used an inexpensive 3D printer to produce flat plastic items that, when heated, fold themselves into predetermined shapes, such as a rose, a boat or even a bunny. Lining Yao, assistant professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute and director of the Morphing Matter Lab, said these self-folding plastic objects represent a first…
Carnegie Mellon System Lets iPad Users Explore Data with Their Fingers
Kinetica converts tabular data into touch-friendly format. Pittsburgh—Spreadsheets may have been the original killer app for personal computers, but data tables don’t play to the strengths of multi-touch devices such as tablets. So researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a visualization approach that allows people to explore complex data with their fingers. Called Kinetica,…