Programmable Hinges (VIDEO)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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The device demonstrates sequential folding as the temperature increases from ambient temperature to 100°C, where the top hinges actuate, to 150°C where the bottom hinges actuate.

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Video courtesy of Lori Sanders/Harvard SEAS

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