Amazing Technology Invented By MIT - Tangible Media

[@m.a.packer5450]

This kind of tech should be used to make brail interface tablets for the blind

[@FishSnackems]

YEES

[@Sean.Thomas2]

it already is : /

[@jetta.josh4]

Proof?

[@Sean.Thomas2]

i dont know the article by name, but some people are working on a kind of tablet with little bumps that can be pushed up with air, but its hard to do because the dots need to be close

[@m.a.packer5450]

***** go for it, girlfriend!

[@FRISHR]

Now make it portable and you can be a Big Hero 6 villain!

[@Consa_Lu]

FRISHR Hahahaha, very good !

[@hamzachaudary6957]

FRISHR like in big hero 6😂

[@cloverrigel3203]

FRISHR microbot? Haha

[@scopeandstereo]

FRISHR lmaooo I was just thinking that

[@najihah8795]

I actually think of that too 😂

[@MikeToob]

Do people actually realize how incredible this is? It's almost like they've created a portal to bring parts of themselves to different locations.

[@ninethetwotailedfox]

For real!

[@zenith_8450]

oh hey mike

[@MikeToob]

@@zenith_8450 hello!👋

[@zenith_8450]

@@MikeToob never expected to see you here, how's the channel progress?

[@MikeToob]

@@zenith_8450 Going great! thanks.

[@tucker8676]

So cool! I have been working on a custom design and didn't know anyone else was working on something like this, but I find it incredible that this has already been made!

[@berekettibebu8861]

what programming language did you use to make it. also the hardware . please i need this . i also have the same idea .

[@GaneshG-y2t]

that too 10 yrs ago

[@budderykittenz6906]

This looks like something I would buy but never use again.

[@101perspective]

Lol... I was thinking the same thing. Cool looking... yet, once you think about it the thing is rather useless.

[@DaMilkManMan]

+Buddery Kittenz you turn into a vibrator?

[@Mellowman468]

it's a prototype. it will evolve from here into something more useful and economically affordable.

[@budderykittenz6906]

Mellowman468 Still probably wouldn't use it

[@101perspective]

Buddery Kittenz Exactly. It isn't a matter of whether they can make it better and cheaper. It is a question of what you could use it for. I can see some uses, just not a lot. More something one might want for a VERY big company so you can impress people during a presentation. It is doubtful the thing would actually relay information better than a simple slide... but it would still impress people that you have such a device. That said, if they were to improve it BIG TIME and then turn the table on it's side... you might have a cool 3d TV where the pixels are literally jumping out at you.

[@johnnycampos1760]

so they found a use for the Kinect after all?

[@davidroman4107]

lol

[@King_Andrew]

+David Roman lol x2

[@master01181999]

LMAO THAT WILL MAKE SKYRIM SOOOO MUCH MORE FUN :D

[@spikedpigeon5740]

Try Morrowind m8.

[@GaMeRx26326]

lolx4

[@Tbop555]

Now make each square the size of human cells and you can really start something

[@heinrichbolleurs7311]

Same thing I was thinking

[@plumber1337]

With the way that technology is currently at, there would be no problem, since it demonstrated the positioning of the pins in complex mathematical formulas... Logistically would be a nightmare though, because it depends on the resolution of the kinetic device AND the size of both the actuators AND the medium used for the pins, and, well, this demo is from November/2013, nearly 2 and 1/2 years ago, they may have made significant progress.

[@Tbop555]

Nah, i think the ideas and any potential developments have been scrapped.

[@plumber1337]

xtc94x There's a link for a 2015 video right at the start of the video though, ROFLMAO. We are both blind.

[@Tbop555]

:o

[@OblivionYouTube]

1:14 I'm too immature for this video

[@heroninja1125]

lmao

[@viciousavacado4941]

Oblivion I didn’t even see that lmao

[@markdgama5000]

First thing that came to my mind as well. I'm pretty bad

[@ilihcsydnew6870]

Explain plz?

[@viciousavacado4941]

Kool-Aid Man it’s a duck

[@HansImWald]

Now lets built those plastic pins on a nanometer scale !

[@smokaa1202]

oh wow .yes i would love to see that

[@WhomisThou]

So if only one pin was up it would be a needle

[@smokaa1202]

Sean Lu thats why you wouldnt put up a pin XD

[@KellySmith555]

Pretty cool. That might make this concept brilliant.

[@MattMoney]

HansImWald YES!

[@eavening4149]

in a bed made out of this, could reposition a bed ridden patient automatically to prevent bed sores? could it give massage therapy? Tech of the future!

[@simonknoll6999]

Nice idea

[@TabataFreeSongs]

Inception did it first!

[@spikedpigeon5740]

Yes, exactly what we all want to sleep on! A BUNCH OF HARD PINS!

[@D...Charger]

Ive already seen anti bed sore beds in uk Hospitals.They work with a compresor which is at the end of the bed.They are able to inflate various cells in the bed.

[@ceceliapassarella8485]

D Charger not the same as the tensile surface is much larger and only somewhat effective if it were used in the same way as Micro needling it would surely improve circulation and reduce tissue death cool nonetheless

[@ericr154]

this reminds me of the brick phones. give it 5 yrs and it will have evolved to an unbelievable product. imagine the same size display (or whatever it is) rather with millions of micro particles, coupled with the wave levitation technology. those huge pillars are pretty much like pixels, make them smaller and you get better resolution, make them particles instead of fixed pillars and you have an amazing technology. this is a great baby step. good job!

[@scuffed_content]

Welcome to 2022. Care to make another prediction?

[@hewhosetsonfindingtheholyg1524]

That makes a lot of Scientific sense!

[@adamstruwing8509]

we will give it 5 more years

[@BarnabyTheEpicDoggo]

I too was like OMG THE FUTURE and then I looked at the sate, 9 years ago

[@rubles88alvarez83]

I don’t care where the funds come from, world governments need to invest more in R&D if we want “the future” to happen within our lifetimes.

[@Badd.G]

1:32 finally a solution for my mom when she wants the remote, now she doesn't have to call me from 60 miles away

[@Brackeen_]

I'd really like to see these synced to some music with bass, that would be amazing to watch

[@WFkSLy]

An actual use for Kinect

[@grizzlymanverneteil4443]

You are definantly a white person.

[@ograkthemonkeyhunter2743]

Grizzlyman MeinTeil im not and i love bass boosted music

[@BeyondSciFi-s3f]

Cảm ơn bạn đã chia sẻ ý kiến! Quả thật, nếu kết hợp với âm nhạc có bass mạnh thì trải nghiệm chắc chắn sẽ ấn tượng hơn rất nhiều. Bạn có nghĩ rằng loại nhạc nào sẽ phù hợp nhất để làm nổi bật công nghệ này?

[@JonnyInfinite]

very cool, now they just need to shrink the blocks a thousand times smaller

[@EileenTheCr0w]

And work on more than one direction

[@seafy1617]

JonnyInfinite they will

[@BeyondSciFi-s3f]

Thật ấn tượng! Công nghệ này mở ra rất nhiều tiềm năng. Bạn nghĩ nếu thu nhỏ được các khối này thì ứng dụng thực tế nào sẽ được ưu tiên nhất?

[@Sandium]

“Remember: Testing is the future, and the future starts with you!”

[@quasi0]

“ That said, if you are simple-minded, old, or irradiated in such a way that the future should not start with you, please return to your primitive tribe, and send back someone better qualified for testing.” I’ve played that game so much I know all the quotes lol

[@lakhwinder97]

Future starts with an 'f' and not 'u'

[@Sergeantmajormario]

Nope.... couldn't keep a straight face

[@NewbyTon]

But we just wanted the music to continue playing when we clicked out of KZbin

[@LuxAce]

@@KaLL_Sally r/woooosh

[@KaLL_Sally]

Lux Ace I got the joke I was replying with another joke :/

[@miyobahamwaka]

@A. AMAYA 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I got that

[@2locomoco]

@A. AMAYA how do you?

[@wnderer4365]

just take premium

[@kinfin8982]

Imagine this technology used for every pixel on your cell phone. Or better yet your TV! Your screen would become more interactive in ways we haven't experienced yet and would truly allude too an illusion of 3D without glasses.

[@dr_birb]

Kyler F idfso

[@Martin_Daniel]

I'm imagining an interactive porn now...

[@boomdrew5753]

Great bro

[@hrishikeshkashyap3715]

1)Light rays cannot be tamed.... LINE SEGMENTS have a fixed length but RAYS do not.... By this, I mean you cannot program light rays to travel to a definite distance unlike the solid pixels used here in this technology. 2) Considering we could tame light, but if the rays didn't reach our eyes, we would see nothing that's happening on the screen.

[@cryforthemoon]

I think that's called sex.

[@porchugawhale9938]

2018: We’re going to have flying cars in the future 2118: this on your phone

[@MrCrazyharry1234]

You could make some beautiful artwork pieces with that . Or plug them into speakers and have it bounce up and down the the sound waves

[@toastybatch565]

+Harrison Smith That's probably the coolest idea yet for this thing. That and the notification signal for phones. However, using it for music would probably degrade the technology very quickly, as it'll constantly be going up and down rapidly. A kick in EDM for example would make the pins representing bass have to shoot up nearly instantaneously.

[@MrCrazyharry1234]

well I tried

[@toastybatch565]

Harrison Smith Nobody else thought of it, and it's definitely the sickest idea for this thing that hasn't been presented in the video. You succeeded.

[@MrCrazyharry1234]

yay

[@callumfyfe1721]

That would be amazing

[@sebastiankeano4926]

Title should be: "Weird table built by MIT Visionaries -The purpose of this table is still to be discovered!."

[@Psilocervine]

Okay but what are the odds of the machining to make something with that level of fidelity coming before energy field manipulation

[@evanwatling3897]

srinath bhagavatula Yeah but that technology was something extremely useful that the public was yearning for. Just the fact that he and a lot of other people don’t see what this is good for is enough to say that there’s a low chance this will be developed.

[@arnarfreyre]

In the video it showed that it could be used to illustrate math and charts for instance

[@Okxyd]

I can definitely see that be used in virtual realities to simulated realistic floors and in the future maybe touch, the design is rudimentary but the way it translate visual datas to "precise" moving parts will likely have a lot of applications in sectors where feedback to human is needed.

[@evlish8771]

😂😂 true

[@wmartin047]

I don't understand why "2k" people will give a thumbs down to this video. Haters everywhere. Amazing innovation!

[@Yeeman732]

Martin Whyte Don't say "hater". It's ridiculous.

[@Yeeman732]

Itz Susu I liked the video. I see no reason why not to like. Other people dislike. For a reason. "Hater" is a retarded word.

[@Yeeman732]

I don't to disagree. But sometimes there are reasons to dislike we can't understand immediately.

[@Yeeman732]

Green Bastard For example

[@Uhfgood]

Because some people don't think it's *that* amazing. It's neat looking but nothing groundbreaking

[@LaurentSparksMusic]

imagine 50 years from now when this technology is on a micro level and embedded in nearly any surface. incredible

[@Vipenstrike]

That sounds amazing!

[@chanduNGC]

Here's a vague idea: Imagine your whole house floor made of these (each thin as 1-5mm), you wont need half of furniture. Your bed as you want when you want any size you want. Any size or shape of chair. Mounted to walls => customizable shelves. One room can be your living and bedroom. Lot more. Less everything =. more greener for envrnmnt

[@chanduNGC]

Haa haa.. Those bars won't be so lengthy as it's waste of material.. :p

[@CyboticArchfiend]

That's, actually a pretty great idea. But it would require a big gap between floors to make room for retracting bars

[@eshan309]

+Gautam Chand Nutalapati That was exactly my immediate thought... just like the bed seen in The Wolverine (2013) where the old man lays. It will be very good for earth, very less space required.

[@CyboticArchfiend]

+Because I'm Batman! it would also mean the death of the pull out couch

[@majorsparkles5133]

+Because I'm Batman! No it wouldn't... you still have to build the bars out of something and would result in having higher gross resources to build.

[@loxleymoon]

Video is 11 years old... I wonder why we haven't seen this technology become mainstream yet.

[@MrYass24]

Imagine this technology, but with blocks the size of a pixel, then we could use a tablet, let's say, of 4k resolution, this means 3840*2160 block, we could then create and manipulate actual images so close to reality, or even moving 4k screens, etc..

[@10NBLR]

+TheMaster-Y This. This is the best way to explain something like this. Good job.

[@therealdeal6659]

+TheMaster-Y You can't reenact all images using this, imagine something that requires a gap between the raising bar thingy. I want you to think about a football player kicking a ball in mid air. 4K sux, 8K OLED FTW!

[@zivauri]

+TheMaster-Y Yes, at some point the human race will have to be engineered smaller, so we can be tiny enough to use the nano-devices they will be making...

[@callumfyfe1721]

+Rovic Candava ᵐᵒᵗᶤᵒᶰ ᵈᵉˢᶤᵍᶰ very true, but it's almost certain that someday this will be innovated further so scenarios such as what you have mentioned will become possible to reenact.

[@taylormorgan2774]

I like your style

[@Uncle_otium]

lol it's funny to watch this in 2045

[@perkplastik3191]

After seeing all these cool inventions... I can believe that.

[@yagoovirus2751]

Nah bitches please I'm watching this in 3024 and I'm gonna die laughing

[@zacharywilson9596]

I'm watching this in 93719594 AD. I'm just this rock flying through space.

[@tam_m_m_m]

be all like I'm in the future galaxy

[@IslzaeL]

Lol, it's funny to read this in the year 3 after a time travel from 3016 were inmortality is posible xD

[@peredix]

*But can it run Crysis?*

[@deft4184]

You got to be kidding me

[@cdkumquat4953]

The computer might be able to, but it probably runs on Linux.

[@nazx_27]

Peredix Gaming y!ckdl

[@greenspace.]

yup it can

[@truffor1434]

Not Crysis, but they can start with low res voxel games as "Comanche maximum overkill" :D

[@khushbooyadav986]

Just imagine very thin sticks making very precise represention of city and buildings

[@HappiFix]

is 2037, we use this to wipe our ass.

[@HappiFix]

time machine

[@derpman7056]

Happi Fix the different rough blocks have to hurt though in the future

[@christmastree7394]

Why not now?

[@HappiFix]

Christmas Tree our ass isn't hard enough yet. we need to evolve first

[@derpman7056]

Happi Fix there Is no fucking way we evolve in that small time window

[@1017ryan]

the *future*

[@DRACO0_]

Ryan Smith Yep, but I know you're just asking for likes as all youtubers that comment on other people's videos, so I won't like your comment. I will just give you the reason.

[@OrangeGuy]

not u again

[@MeteorFallsOfficial]

ThatOrangeGuy haha

[@rehpz2381]

ThatOrangeGuy your familiar. We're you on no games video?

[@reeemaximus2380]

the bed of japanese old man in wolverine

[@IncertusVeritas]

Endless applications for this type of tangible from virtual environment technology. Imagine these pins being as thin as a fiber optic cable, all in a super compact device; all hooked up to a built in kinect/projector ceiling... Talking about sealing a deal with a virtual-tangible handshake from across the world, feeling the touch from a sourly missed family member living abroad, presentation apps, medical help, etc. etc. etc. Great work as usual MIT.

[@DARSHANCHANDEKAR]

great.. i was wondering how this can be used... got my answer... ;)

[@petergutierrez9356]

or bringing tupac back to life

[@paulgerg6879]

If you make the little squares into bigger hexagons, this could be integrated into a board gaming table and used to fashion 3D board games or landscapes for DnD. I want one now!

[@cosmicraysshotsintothelight]

Did you even see the amount of gear needed to "actuate" the little stepping stones?

[@KeanM]

The interaction reminded me of Superman's Fortress of Solitude

[@DrEvianGordon]

Do want!

[@exadire1029]

This legitimately cool I would love to know the science behind this or process of how they made it :D

[@7somerandomguy]

German-Shinigami same

[@applepie55555]

"SCIENCE"

[@isakfalk-eliasson1675]

The Kinect reads 3D data of the person far away. Lets say that persons does a thumbs up under the Kinect. The Kinect takes note of the hands positioning, and then sends it to the computer on the other side. The computer with the data tells every wooden block how high it should be to minic the thumbs up. Pretty simple!

[@isakfalk-eliasson1675]

General_GS

[@exadire1029]

Isak Falk-Eliasson Thank you so much for explaining the process! :)

[@HenryQiu]

omg wolverine 2, that Japanese guy's chair

[@joelverrier]

yes!

[@tortysoft]

Increase the resolution - a lot - and this will be great, make the pillars in to pixels physical blocks and it will be fabulous. This is a good first step.

[@maimmes]

And I was like "woah technology!"

[@BharatAswal]

Increasing the number of actuators and reducing the size of the pixels will work wonders!

[@dadyman7]

yup!! really awsomm technology :P

[@CRASS2047]

Exactly what I was thinking! There really is no limit. Also, the ability to use this system to control magnetic liquid metals would be amazing. Kind of like the floating computers in Man of Steel.

[@BharatAswal]

Oh yes!!! Just remembered that!!

[@drunkdonutboy]

The potential applications of this are amazing. Imagine if it came to a point where surgical procedures cpuld be done like this?

[@Implicacean]

This particular interface probably wouldn't be very helpful, but what I think you're imagining is already a thing. Look in to the Da Vinci surgical system. It's pretty impressive.

[@bighands69]

Abraxian Absolution The codes and controls that are behind this are very important for the likes of control robotics. Digital controls are now starting to reach the levels of resolution that allow it to compete with the likes of analogue.

[@YujikoFTW]

Fuck that shit, imagine porn aplications!

[@Brainbuster]

Yujiko Too late. I came at 1:11

[@drunkdonutboy]

I think I was referring to the mobility of the human hand over large distances.

[@aperson8690]

But does it have a headphone jack...🤔

[@esanderatne1290]

lol

[@webtrekkeruk2487]

A Person Yeah, right next to the floppy disk.

[@Bevsworld04]

A Person yeah

[@V.Z.69]

Yes, and it also has a suit, several belts, armor, and two holsters. Oh, and RF weaponry. Isn't that fantastic?

[@davidrichter9164]

No. $20.00 extra for a toggle.

[@ease1926]

Starting at $9996!

[@offroadnjeep3834]

T3ST0NE So 9 iPhone X's?

[@winqriddenanqel]

T3ST0NE I'd rather get 50 pairs of J's

[@micheleabbatemurray]

No you forgot another 0

[@peterintzi2156]

yo u forgot ,99

[@frozentwinz1962]

More like $1000000000000

[@wompaper]

now wait 10-15 years for this to upscale resolution and find some nice practical usage and watch the miracle happen

[@sameehaomer428]

Maybe when you bid chat people this will happen

[@christianolivieri52]

i've seen this At The EXPO 2015,no words, Just awesome

[@tamaradimarco878]

TheChris 03 Where? I have been there but not seen this

[@christianolivieri52]

Tamara Di Marco At The stand of khazakistan i think or thailand

[@JOCS20]

Imagine multiple grids connected to visualize topography. Pretty cool stuff! 😁

[@jerponemyce9497]

Can be used by the military in tactical planning. But they kind of already have a similar technology using a sand box.

[@ABW941]

Beautiful! Building that Thing in Large could make a great exercise room with climable obstacles which would let you climb on to the next "pin" indefinetly, or create a huge labrynth in a very small room.

[@TheAllBlackMan]

Or it could make a very good multi-function room, such as a theater which turns into a children's play area with the flick of a switch.

[@Clothmother]

It could be anything , no furniture will be ever needed, but a toilet of course

[@ABW941]

joey eljaber Not even a toilet, you just need one of those pins to have a lid and a connection to the sewer system ;-)

[@johnrawrallday]

ABW941 What if some one decided to elevate your "Toilet pin" while you were doing you business. This is going to lead to some major real life trolling.

[@ABW941]

***** in this case you should hope that the toiletpaper is near by and not somewhere on the ground ;-)

[@stephenmcallister2169]

these guys are so damn smart this is the best music they can come up with?

[@paintedrose6685]

this is revolutionary technology, you guys just aren't creative enough to think of the possibilities

[@phobos2k2]

+Girlie Gamer Exactly what I was thinking. Also, finer, more precise iterations will only expand the possibilities.

[@rodrigocastellanos3509]

+Girlie Gamer You're right some people like myself aren't that creative. So can you tell me some possibilities this invention is capable of achieving?

[@ChillBroWillGo]

+Girlie Gamer "You guys" ... What about yourself? ;-)

[@ChillBroWillGo]

Rainbow SHEEP!!! fu.. xD

[@mzh3000]

+Girlie Gamer It's definately a step. I said the same for holograms when some dude made a 3d cube of LEDs. It's all just a step

[@bhumikgupta7662]

Well this technology is great.... It can be used easily to create models of further future technology easily if used wisely 👍

[@misxki_i]

Woah technology

[@mockles6609]

Luna De Tuna *W O A H* *TECNOGLY*

[@enevy3165]

WAOH *_TECNOGLOGEE_*

[@TNBLUEDIXIE]

WOAH *TEHKKNAWLAJJY*

[@dionraditya1926]

*_W O A H TECCNOLOGGEE_*

[@earth2776]

Yandere dev

[@maryjewana3284]

And I'm out here trying to figure out how to find the angle of a damn triangle using proportion cross products

[@XXXB1EAKXXX]

Mary Jewana the sum of the angles of a triangle? it's 180°

[@smweb1]

Impressive Concept!

[@marielosbarrantesg.9194]

CONCEPTO IMPRESIONANTE SUPER BUENO

[@ManiacMcMuffin]

its not a concept

[@MS-sv1tr]

It solves problems that no one needed solved. Great job.

[@jamie___steele]

I hope this gets integrated into things it's such a cool idea

[@vulcanprincess1584]

Just imagine when those pieces are tiny, almost microscopic, transistor size. It'll be like Real virtuality instead of virtual reality, or something

[@emanuelromano8037]

Great comment! That would be great!!!!!

[@jimlahey4995]

Imagine what would be possible if each one was 1/10 the size

[@michelleavalo6382]

Umpalumpa Trump what..?

[@BenMcCullough99]

Less painful masterbation

[@kobeakizaki9783]

Moonbae 13 if it was 10 times smaller

[@synovialpith]

Kobe Akizaki if each pin was 10x smaller

[@TNBLUEDIXIE]

Why not 1/100 or even 1/1,000 of the original size?

[@mynameishades2113]

MIT, man! Smartest people on the planet. We are going somewhere in the nearest future...

[@pradeepbommanahalli528]

MIT are not the smartest, smartest people are there in MIT

[@MarcusAseth]

it is very cool,the problem is that it is "limited" in the sense you can't create a "cave" shape, a "hole on the side" and stuff like that. Therefore your 3d hand can't "detach" from the plane and go above an object to pick it from the top. That being said,still an awesome technology to trap the corridors of my secret base and "gently push" the intruders outside in a nonviolent way,before the turrets on the entrance pulverize them.

[@fabulousfoil1279]

+Marcus Aseth They could make it a whole 3D grid (each column divided up by magnet cubes) and depending on how they interact with it, it would submit a charge from the table to certain cubes (like how wireless phone chargers work) or have each cube be a battery/magnet/signal receiver and the table underneath is a radio transmitter (each cube having their own signal wavelength to activate) and create opening between the cubes via magnetism. However, it wouldn't be as instantaneous depending on weight/magnetic strength of cubes and easily hack able if we're going with the radio signal design. I'm sure I could think of more, maybe involving light, but those are just two I thought of that were easy to write in a short youtube comment.

[@acensionSUCKS]

+FabulousFoil I feel like you could do it with quantum particle pairs and just use quantum receivers on each end. Although I don't know exactly how that would work tbh...

[@fabulousfoil1279]

+acensionSUCKS uhhmm i think i see what you're going for but most quantum technology uses light and while using air as the medium between the pieces would probably work, there's still the problem of particles in the air obscuring the light and due to the sensitive nature of quantum parts, it wouldn't be practical in everyday use. although same with mine, cause nothing around it could be made of brass and the copper in the wires could produce conflicting magnetic fields when a charge runs through it that would upset the system. i mean it's really cool and interesting all; these ideas, but for everyday use it wouldn't be very accurate? idk, of course it's not like we tested any of these and the concept would work in theory... quantum technology is so cool though, i wish i knew more. maybe certain covered microtubules in the cubes could focus the light so as to make up for the loss? idk, cool ideas though.

[@connorj2870]

+FabulousFoil but its pretty good

[@harshagarwal5814]

+Marcus Aseth the sugsestion is awesome the future sees this development too

[@peatear42]

First thought after seeing it, what if the pins could be much smaller, then renderings could be more accurate. -Like pixels on a retina display :)

[@Christian85595]

This will give a whole new definition to Internet "Relationships"

[@KiemPlant]

Damn, I remember watching this video back in 2013 and being completely amazed by it.

[@gaius100bc]

I can't think of single practical application for such impractical device

[@HarisFarooque]

disposition of bombs or other harmful or radioactive materials can be picked/removed with that. Just think of it myself but I am not sure what was the concept in mind from the engineers who have invented this.

[@SteveMcQueenz]

***** exactly it's all a matter of resolution, imagine it with an atomic resolution...insane

[@SteveFrenchWoodNStuff]

That's why we let the visionaries handle this kind of thing. I think many incredible uses will be discovered.

[@ImagineCraft7]

Imagine instead of those old graphing calculators we use today in math class to be replaced with one of these in every class. This could revolutionize the way we study math like plotting data on a chart or plotting parabolas or maybe even in the use of vectors.

[@nzpers]

Steve French I agree. Ed de Bono said 'invention is the mother of necessity'. Once a new thing is invented people will find diverse ways to use them. Mark Twain heavy books stocked on his shelf to throw at his critics! :)

[@C43908]

Imagine if someday entire houses are made out of this :D

[@lawrenceramos660]

Future Generations Will Laugh At This Technology...

[@Vipenstrike]

At the moment it takes a good amount of extra space to run, but It might become so refined that it practically becomes invisible.

[@ahmadalzghoul1877]

true

[@HereComesPopoBawa]

As if laughing were a bad thing.

[@aaquibjaved2306]

sensible will not,people like you for sure

[@davidsantiago7808]

thats like saying our current generation laughs at the people who invented the wheel. No one laughs at the people who invented the wheel.

[@eziodrakkara6759]

this is pretty cool and a good start for an amazing bit of tech. the scene with the dude and his phone was funny though lol. inFORM was like " answer your damn phone moron! "

[@theloaf6063]

137 years ago Edison invented the light bulb... pretty amazing right?

[@Hijacker5656]

em? Humphry Davy, 1802, first electric light. Warren de la Rue, 1840, first light bulb. Thomas Edison, 1880, first commercial light bulb.

[@Dyelbro123]

no he didn't.

[@theloaf6063]

Dmitry Shklovsky still, pretty cool

[@domobrah2671]

Its only been 137 years? wow we are moving fast

[@BEM684]

Donald Trump is going to make the light bulb great again - he's keeping the specifics a secret though. Hillary Clinton is going to make sure the 60 watt bulbs get just as much electricity as the 100 watt bulbs. Bernie Sanders is going to send the light bulb to college for free. Ted Cruz will call the light bulb a bombilla and stare creepily into the camera.

[@chilidog2469]

I swear the guys that work at MIT must be really smart

[@caterpillow]

They are!

[@noakinn]

Well naw!

[@CheapseaChicken]

nah, they average 80-100 iq

[@bimandaputra_13]

at the film Big Hero 6, by Hiro Hamada 😅

[@janicekeogh4970]

More like x-men the one were wolverine goes to japan and that guy has a future looking cancer death bed

[@bimandaputra_13]

yeahh, i think so

[@RageSK]

yea i think same 😂😂

[@hawaliakbar9081]

i was gonna comment that lol 😂😂😂

[@felixg4785]

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[@arijitchakrabarty1552]

If the tangible surface had more "pixel" like boxes, it would practical increase the shape resolution though. But this thing is unimaginably brilliant😮

[@shoegazed999]

"He went to mit!" "Its M.I.T" "I know how to spell it."

[@jasonbentley2819]

Wouldn't it be much better with thinner blocks?

[@jasonbentley2819]

***** Yes, that is true. I can't wait for it to be readily available to the public. :)

[@slaughtered777]

Jason Bentley They can always do that later... like the transistors on microchips are made at 4 nano-meters now! It's easier for them to test and perfect on a small scale first. It's going to be awesome :D

[@donnabaker7175]

Yeeees that is so true

[@jasonbentley2819]

slaughtered777 Yeah that's a good point!

[@domachondri]

Also if each block had a screen, and backlights, it would be even more effective

[@bandannaman510]

touch screens that touch us back!? This is the future

[@flrgblrgrstienrflrgblrgdlr62]

Vat19 be like: But does it have a bottle opener?

[@MemeLord-nu8mi]

Sean Sollano lol

[@freizadbz3891]

it may seem crude now because it just a beginning. who knows in the future this technology will be fine tuned to become something that useful to us, environment, or even exploration in space. u may not see this technology's future, neither do i. but someday, there will be someone who will use this technology for something. i wish i can live for thousands year just to see how far we human can go.

[@louispalko691]

faris hazimin the beginning was in 2013 lol

[@freizadbz3891]

do you even tried to understand my point above there? i know u trying to get degree in youtube. but please before you even tried to get those degree of youtube, kindly understand what people trying to say.

[@leedleleedle6824]

faris hazimin I truly agree, we're striving so far as mankind it's impressive.

[@bubbly7137]

faris hazimin yeah.... But then again, I might live too long so that I meet the end of the world

[@Laurynas_S]

Now you can slap other person in the face during skype video calls.

[@rotoast8113]

+Laurynas S. uppercuts will work great, too.

[@timunkecut524]

lol XD

[@Archived0]

+Robert Bert I think uppercuts would be superior in this particular case. Nice thinking. xD

[@gp5]

What sorcery this be?

[@cha0ticz707]

+Pez's Vlogs|Gaming|Random Stories Ok your obsised with bo3... that quote isnt even really from bo3 anyone else said it before bo3 even came out

[@KozakXII]

did somebody call me lol

[@stewartjeffrey7501]

ha thats funny isk

[@maxrichhart4929]

+gp5 TIS Technology :D

[@GoldenHay1]

+gp5 Magic is an abomination! *Anti Mage* But seriously, it's very cool and will be useful in the future.

[@beactivebehappy9894]

I think this can be clearly used for demonstrating architectural structures before they are planned for construction!! Does anyone agree?

[@ShubhamPatel]

feel the study, feel the graph

[@anandpatel8262]

What a tech. !!!!

[@Eien42]

this one step closer to the nanobots from Big Hero 6

[@IAMxRAT]

it would be awesome if there were like 500x as many smaller ones still awesome tho

[@KiEuKiTo]

Someday...hopefully soon.

[@jarkenope9661]

Like liquid/amorphous metal, you mean?

[@ripmowt]

like in the wolverine movie.

[@KuntaKinteToby]

Rip Mowt Yea this is the first step toward something like that, cool stuff

[@Hoch134]

***** I think, they are that big to not get broken. If they were small as pixels (or even as a hair is thick), they would break at every touch.

[@matthewdh123]

Super cool... Now I'm imagining an entire office, that looks just like an empty room. I walk in and the whole floor roof and walls are just like the table. I walk in, say "work" and a table and a chair forms from the ground.

[@tsuna111]

its like on the wolverine movie the japanese guy sick bed

[@vivekiyer6650]

Echiiru exactly my thought wow !

[@Sheikah_Architect]

Echiiru Hollywood always tells us the future because our technology levels are actually decades ahead of what is in stores. Predictive programming is used for brainwashing, but now that Trump is in office the elites won't be able to horde all the technology anymore.

[@siejsidjksjdjd]

Constellar Diamond hahahahaha dude get a grip

[@Gurkiratsingh.]

was waiting for someone to comment

[@Sheikah_Architect]

n Look who's talking lol still think its a "conspiracy" right?

[@DannewK]

3 years later we should be able to buy this for ourself :p

[@gfgnickname_not_chosen2598]

Everyone should have this!

[@angiegehtsteil]

wow yes

[@Monster-mn7my]

This is the first step. Next step is everyone can control anything

[@Macnavor]

Imagine if the walls could do this or even the floor! We could stop robbery in our house!

[@gfgnickname_not_chosen2598]

And we could move without moving!

[@Macnavor]

Zero LP lol!

[@Commenter-nf2gu]

I remember watching this as a 3-4 year old back then. Happy memories

[@williamhayden7711]

So many haters displaying their ignorance in typical KZbin Trolling fashion. The implications of this technology are astounding and far reaching. This is just a single step people. I see this being revolutionary. Yes today it is crude (albeit sophisticated crude it's amazing now), but the first computer was also crude. Compare the first automobiles to the cars of today. You haters are either unimaginative, ignorant, arrogant or all of the above. This tech could and probably will change everything.

[@bighands69]

Imagine this technology with needle like precision or even micron scale precision.

[@jackisjack_bysun]

What are these astounding implications ? (one of them) I can't see the use of this, even with micro scale precision, even if you can put you entire body in it, even if the cost of production were 1 $ : what would people / professionnal do with this ? You can't argue that something is revolutionary just because it seems useless first. This video shows beautiful things and could be distracting for 10 minutes in a luxury hotel reception - Do we except that from MIT ?

[@williamhayden7711]

Stève A​ Interactive displays for one. They show you this in the video. I'm sorry you lack imagination, but it's right there as you watch. Imagine a person or AI helping you achieve something like solve a problem. Perhaps play a game in a much more tangible way than a video game. Imagine a resolution high enough where you can have a near 3D conversation with someone.

[@jackisjack_bysun]

William Hayden Sorry if i offended you. What I watched did not embraced my imagination. I do not need to move a ball distantly, or any object. You do ? I don't need to show 3D object to explain something to someone, videos are fully enough. I don't not need 3D conversation as I don't even need video conversation, as most people : text or voice are fully enough. Tangible interaction could make one possible revolution : in sex industry, for distant relationship - this is another topic.

[@jimmyscringlo]

Stève A So from what I've gathered from his argument is that it's only useful if you're not smart enough to figure out something from a KZbin video. Full 3D conversations would be cool but not very useful (I'd rather use Skype or something than a very expensive set of ugly blocks). Also, what if somebody hacks into it and starts moving around stuff? The only implications I see are moving things in a very limited area (any bigger would probably be even more expensive), a cool toy that you mess about with for ten minutes and never use again, a novelty communication item that you use for ten minutes and never use again, and something for helping idiots. And if you want to help idiots, leave them be. You don't want to encourage stupidity in the long term, it would be optimal if they were the minority.

[@ramonabdiel10]

Looks like mircrobot technology in big hero 6

[@avamartino873]

I have no idea what this thing is, but I want ten of them

[@punpcklbw]

Can't wait until this kind of tech becomes affordable and widespread. Having better support for force & touch feedback from using computers opens a lot of options in digital sculpting, communication and recreative use.

[@ElwoodSkateboarding]

Minecraft in 4D!! :D

[@ElwoodSkateboarding]

hehe :D

[@ElwoodSkateboarding]

It could be a 3D map be for games like minecraft what you could run the gamble in addition to ^^

[@cd2757]

Gunpla Gundam We are able to perceive a 4D world Up-Down, Left-Right, Front-Back and Time You see a 3D world no problem, but in order for anything be allowed to move, you need the dimension of time.

[@ThePerfect1077]

3d

[@arcle3853]

Everyone is talking about buying it, and Im here thinking if its real or not.

[@xolome2176]

It's very real no need to doubt.

[@EmergeMc]

hahahahaha ur funny , cuz its fake :/

[@Gahet]

You sure about that? :P tangible.media.mit.edu/project/materiable/

[@EmergeMc]

oh wow how much :-)

[@ericdouglas1359]

cgi

[@jamesondenhartog8109]

Yeah i feel like this technology is the most feasible for attaining that "hologram table" that is always used in movies. Like when the top secret agents are standing around making their plan, and a 3D landscape of the city pops up. So lucky to be living in the time that we are; The Technaissance.

[@bkmodx]

Big Hero 6 is alive. Grate work Kenji!

[@swish8371]

1900s: flying cars and moving objects soon! 2017: England is my city!

[@Ryan-iw7yp]

Old meme

[@gianyve]

優Swish HE isn't hating, he just don't like about the meme, it depends on people's choice.

[@ado3247]

Moving objects?

[@twitney9191]

The reason there is no flying cars is because gas would be too expensive. There are other reasons, but I suggest you research them for yourself.

[@Rikent]

This has been a good year for porn, first VR and now this.

[@simonknoll6999]

Imagine the pussybilities

[@1sdani]

Dangit! Why'd that have to be such a good pun!?

[@Puleczech]

+Llonk Nomis I first read "pussybites"

[@jacobiusrex6674]

WE ARE ONE STEP CLOSER TO THE MATRIX 😮

[@learnmandarin-english-baha2769]

Saw another video with similar technology in china. But mainly for interactive wall display. This is wayyyyy cooler and with possible practical application. Bravo.

[@EitherOr3]

Mind = Blown Is this... Even real?

[@sanwalfarooque2747]

and I cant even set my LEGOs straight...

[@Youtube_Globetrotter]

Is this a video about the most anoying sound in the world?

[@tcatking9761]

This is so cool seeing this in 2020. You could so use this for at home examples and maybe even to do things on another planet from Earth. They really are thinking well for the future...