Shutterstock/Siraphob Werakijpanich Researchers at MIT’s Self-Assembly Lab have discovered a way to build "pop-up islands" by harnessing a wave’s energy. The lab’s founder, Skylar Tibbits, recently debuted the technology at the TED conference in Vancouver, Canada. Tibbits said the force of tsunamis and windstorms could eventually be used to build natural barriers that protect against […]