Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Robo-Fabric


The shape memory alloy nitinol has the ability to spring back to its original forged shape when heated, allowing soft actuation without motors. Italian fashion designers grado zero made a shirt that rolled up its own sleeves when the wire (and the wearer) overheat. The thin metal wire is woven into material for different kinetic effects.

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