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MIT engineers build stretchable fiber-optic sheet that senses its own 3D shape

MIT researchers led by Chen Yu, with Nina Cao and Kaitlyn Becker, developed a soft sheet embedded with modified optical fibers that can track how it bends and twists in three dimensions. Unlike earlier waveguide sensors that only measured simple curvature along a line, the new design reconstructs the full surface shape as it deforms, detailed in a study in Advanced Intelligent Systems.

news.mit.edu · 2026-10-10

Dutch startup Morphotonics lands €40M to expand nanoimprint lithography into data centers

Morphotonics, a Netherlands-based nanoimprint lithography company that makes waveguide displays for AR glasses, has raised €40 million to scale production and expand into optical components for data centers. The round included 3M Ventures, Innovation Industries, BOM, Invest-NL, the European Innovation Council Fund, a Dutch family office, and the European Investment Bank. The funding extends a round that began in 2024 as the company rides growing demand for smart glasses displays.

techcrunch.com · 2026-09-22