MIT professor William Freeman's decades-old vision of a three-sided zipper that transforms clothing and furniture between soft and rigid states has finally become reality.
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It took 40 years for technology to catch up to this zipper design
1985 Submitted to Innovative Design Fund
William Freeman, MIT Professor Design inventor
Chairs, Tents, Purses Applications
40 Years years to commercialize
$10,000 original funding offered