A team of researchers from the National University of Defense Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology has developed a host of gear-based mechanical metamaterials that allow for the creation of configurable sheets. In their paper published in the journal Nature Materials, the group describes how they developed their sheets and possible uses for them.
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