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InSync TactoPhone Morphing Cube
 
 
IN SYNC is an external hard drive that changes shape...
WHAT IT IS HOW IT WORKS
InSync cube-like design is composed of two plates connected together through a motor, and a flexible Lycra like fabric stretched between the two plates.
The interaction is bilateral; The hard drive always displays the validity of the backup it contains, by misaligning the cube parallels. The angular disposition between the two plates represents the difference (%) between the file structures of the source device and the backup device. The bigger the difference is, the more InSync twists on it self.
A synchronization utility can be initialized by physically enforcing the plates towards alignment a small fraction of the way, or otherwise, clicking a button in a screen interface.
InSync at work (video 3.0MB)
 
     
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