In an clause in the latest Air & Space , shapeshifting sheet could actually be made a world . Not shapeshifting in the sense of Transformers , but morphing to alter wingspan , fender area and other feature article . A lot of this feeler on morph woodworking plane is animate from flowers and battery .
Chiang and colleague Steven Hall took advantage of the shape - changing nature of batteries by building the same stuff into a manakin of a Blackhawk helicopter vane . They launch a little dose of energy could reshape the blade , altering the slant of its hang back bound to give it more lift .
A squad of MIT smarties are working on and developing this project . They are presently look more financial backing from DARPA , but it seems like they have work up well , especially with the battery - textile helicopter blade . Lockheed folding wing in a wind tunnel pictured .
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