3D Haptic Display Melds Touch With Tech

What started out as trying to create soft, simulated organs for medical devices and surgical robots, has given us, instead, a touch-sensitive, shape-morphing 3D display. This multifunctional device, developed by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder and Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, is about as big as a board game, and can create pop-up patterns, manipulate objects across its surface, and shake a beaker of liquid.“The whole concept of creating the 3d display was