When Peter F. Hamilton wrote about the Edenists growing space stations out of asteroids by planting an artificial, genetic-engineered egg on it, it was science fiction.
Carl de Smet found a way to make foam form into a chair when heated in an oven. The next step in the design is to make the surface of the chair re-mold itself at body temperature – the chair will deform to adjust to the shape of the person sitting on it.
Related:
- noumenon – the design studio
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