“Polymagnets” or “Programmable Magnets” or “Printable Magnets” or “Printed Magnets“, whatever you call them, is surely a game changer as they bring a lot of sophisticated experience which is not that easily possible with conventional magnets having North & South pole on opposite surfaces. Strange, but true, the breakthrough technology allows to customize the magnetic fields into patterns of many precise magnetic regions called maxels, thereby enabling wide range of new functionality for magnetic couplings.
Polymagents are 5X stronger than conventional magnets of same size and are designed to align with a wide variety of alignment functions. They can be used fundamental building block for sliding and rotating latches as well as spring that will come to rest at an equilibrium distance.