“Funktionide - New Promises” is the title of the bachelor thesis of Stefan Ulrich. He researched how new materials and technologies will change the way we will design and interact with products. He believes that product will become alive and will have some sort of own behavior.
This first video shows you his test setup with several, different electroactive polymers. He used an arduino board to control the several experiments. (via Funktionide - New Promises - today and tomorrow)