| 摘要 |
This invention is a modular device that uses permanent-magnets and electro-magnets to hold their position and reconfigure their position. The device has a variety of possible sizes, shapes and forms but all use the same principle of "complementary geometry". In its simplest form it could be used as a child's toy. A dozen or so 3'' blocks with only permanent-magnets and using this "complementary geometry" system, would allow the most uncoordinated child a frustration free assembly of their building blocks, because the blocks would literally slide into place. In a more complex example: the device could be used as a digital display. By having a matrix of devices with permanent & electro-magnets, and with different colored sides, one could display charter of text by electronically rotating specific blocks in the matrix to create the pattern of a letter(s). With the same principle and using a larger matrix it is possible to display real life images. In an even more complex example of this invention: this modular structure could transform itself from one shape to another, only by using the same principles as the said digital display. Electronically the device would morph in three dimensions. In conjunction with a CAD system, this Modular Structure with a matrix of thousands of tiny blocks would be a new type of rapid prototyping system for Industrial Designers.
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