ShapeShift Electroactive Polymer Sheets

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ShapeShift Electroactive Polymer Sheets

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DIY methods for electroactive polymer actuators are hard to come by, and none of them are kitchen-counter simple. But compared to the wet chemical methods circulating in the academic research community, the purely mechanical process documented in this video from the Swiss ShapeShift project is relatively accessible. Click here to skip the how-to and go straight to the action shots. [via Hack a Day]

3 thoughts on “ShapeShift Electroactive Polymer Sheets

  1. Nathan Silverglate says:

    Very cool. I’m trying to figure out how to make a similar actuator. Can anyone recommend materials to make a stacked dielectric actuator like the one seen in this link? http://iopscience.iop.org/0964-1726/23/6/065005/article

  2. Phil Gapp says:

    How strong?!?

  3. Shape Distorting Metals – (project title) G6 – RYAN TOZIER – NINA MELANIE KONG YEN YEN – LOW SI WEI IVANA – GEE LIAM JAMES YEE WAI says:

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