VIK enables anyone to rapidly reconfigure electromechanical building blocks prototyping large, sturdy structural electronics

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1077376

"voxels: lightweight 50 cent 3D aluminum cross-bracing lattice (faces: 8 triangular, 6 square) strong enough to support 228 kg with integrated sensing, response, processing abilities transmitting data, power, mechanical forces, without wires/ 3D printing/ laser cutting/ additional tools... iterative end-to-end prototyping, simulating structure’s response to mechanical loads/ iterate design/ plug and play... also, Finite Element Analysis simulation model... chair monitoring someone’s posture, airplane components, wind turbines"