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lobsters  ·  4070 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Self-Assembling Robots with no exterior moving parts

Programmable matter is really fascinating. I've been working on making an inductor-actuated mechanical display for the unsighted, and actually came across an earlier iteration of the device in the article in my research. I'm guessing the power draw of the magnets was too much for the scale.