Chuck Hoberman, lecturer in architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, is part of a team of cross-Harvard researchers who have developed a foldable material that can change size, volume, and shape while being versatile, tunable, and self-actuated.

Composed of a network of cubes, the material can fold flat and hold the weight of an elephant, and just as quickly can pop back into form. It can be used from the nanoscale up to the meter-scale and could be used to form anything from tiny surgical stents to portable, large-scale domes for disaster relief......Continue Reading

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