The MIT Media Lab has developed a way to reach out and touch someone—literally. Dubbed inFORM, the device is a "Dynamic Shape Display." It's like a computer's display, except the "pixels" are physical pins that move up and down. Combine this with a 3D camera like the Kinect, and you get a moving 3D physical representation of an object, rather than a picture. Long story short, you need to watch this:


MIT explains:


Read the rest, or check out a stop motion animation exploring similar ideas in physical user interfaces.

(Via Devour).