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MIT researchers develop a shape-shifting pasta

June 7, 2017

Wen Wang

Research Scientist
Lining Yao

Research Assistant
Hiroshi Ishii

Jerome B. Wiesner Professor of Media Arts and Sciences; Associate Director, MIT Media Lab

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Sheets of gelatin transform into 3D shapes when dunked in water; could save food shipping costs.

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