Robot Tiles
Cool factor: Movable floor tiles
Developer: Hiroo Iwata
My take: These movable floor tiles are covered with KURALON® EC, a textile made of conductive fibers that detects in which direction you’re heading and then automatically arranges as you walk. They were part of the Tokyo Fiber ‘09 Senseware exhibition during the Milan furniture fair.
movable floor tiles
The video follows after the jump.
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Via: StylePark/Today&Tomorrow
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