Watch This Table from MIT Build Itself
The self-assembling coffee table goes from the delivery box to the living room in a few seconds, but it’s not for sale yet.
From the group that already created a tiny self-assembling chair, comes a new more useful piece of a furniture: a self-assembling coffee table that can go from the delivery box to the living room in a few seconds.
The MIT Self-Assembly Lab, a cross-disciplinary research lab, creates technology “aimed at reimagining construction, manufacturing, product assembly and performance.’’
The lab has already made a chair that assembles itself in water with no human intervention, but that was just a research project. The Verge notes that the chair was merely 15 centimeters by 15 centimeters and that the building process was really slow.
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But now the researchers have built a functioning piece of furniture for your home — a table that can hold up to 220 pounds.
According to Fast Company, “the lab has teamed up with Wood-Skin to produce a table that slides out of a flat pack box and, within seconds, pops into shape with no screws, nails, or glue required.’’
Wood-Skin’s Giulio Masotti told Fast Company that the product could theoretically go on sale now.
According to BostInno, the Self-Assembly Lab and Wood-Skin don’t yet have a commercial production date, but technological furniture is becoming a trend that is especially popular for those who enjoy minimalist living spaces.
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