For many years our understanding of new phases of mater relied on broken symmetries and associated new particles. Recently, there has been increasing interest in phases defined by a change in the shape of the space electrons live in. I will give an overview of this idea and how the associated new particles could be helpful in quantum computation. I will then describe our groups efforts to realize these particles in heterostructures of high Tc superconductors and topological insulators. This includes a new method we developed for producing these interfaces with scotch tape and our recent efforts to move to realistic devices.