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Shape-shifting tech will change work as we know it

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Sean Follmer |

TEDxCERN

• October 2015

What will the world look like when we move beyond the keyboard and mouse? Interaction designer Sean Follmer is building a future with machines that bring information to life under your fingers as you work with it. In this talk, check out prototypes for a 3D shape-shifting table, a phone that turns into a wristband, a deformable game controller and more that may change the way we live and work.

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What will the world look like when we move beyond the keyboard and mouse? Interaction designer Sean Follmer is building a future with machines that bring information to life under your fingers as you work with it. In this talk, check out prototypes for a 3D shape-shifting table, a phone that turns into a wristband, a deformable game controller and more that may change the way we live and work.

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Human-computer interaction researcher and designer

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Sean Follmer designs shape-changing and deformable interfaces that take advantage of our natural dexterity and spatial abilities.

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