Scientists from MIT are a step closer to DIY furniture assembly a thing of the past, as they’ve created a chair that puts itself together.
It’s great to have inexpensive yet chic furniture options, but the problem with many is that you have to put them together yourself.
Scientists from MIT’s Self-Assembly Lab are a step closer to making such often-maddening experiences nothing more than an unpleasant memory, as they’ve created a chair that does all of its own building-related work.
At present, the process is only capable of producing a finished product with a footprint of about 15 by 15 centimeters.
How the chair makes itself is, nonetheless, both impressive and fascinating.
Each part that will eventually form the whole is outfitted with magnets and unique points of connection and dropped into a tank of water.
Turbulence in the water spurs the movement of the pieces, allowing them to roam about until they meet their intended match.
According a researcher, one of the harder a
