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  • ICYMI: Expando-cubes, Roboctopi and more

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    Andrew Tarantola
    Andrew Tarantola
    04.08.2016

    #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-782886{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-782886, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-782886{width:100%;display:block;} try{document.getElementById("fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-782886").style.display="none";}catch(e){}Today on In Case You Missed It: Researchers at Harvard have created a "tunable" material that can grow, shrink and change shape on command, which could lead to Capsule Corp-style housing. Italian scientists invented a robotic octopus that leverages shape memory alloys to propel it along without the need for internal robo-bones. Finally, the Intelligent Sensor Design company of Japan has developed an industrial machine capable of tasting in the same manner as the human tongue.