Watch: MIT scientists are changing the future of furniture with self-inflating objects

At MIT, a team of scientists and designers have invented a technique that allows objects to self-inflate. It could be be useful in medicine, flat-pack furniture, or even space travel. SUBSCRIBE: https://goo.gl/kdDpXu FOLLOW QUARTZ: Facebook: https://goo.gl/DsmLvx Twitter: https://goo.gl/rY7pSX Check out the rest of our videos: https://goo.gl/A8gZvx Quartz is a digitally native news outlet dedicated to telling stories at the intersection of the important and the interesting.

At MIT, a team of scientists and designers have invented a technique that allows objects to self-inflate.They call the project Auto-Inflatables. It could be be useful in medicine, flat-pack furniture, or even space travel.

Watch the video above to see how it works.

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