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EcoX

EcoX
According to Meld, over seven million tons of glass are sent to landfills each year in the United States alone. EcoX is precast concrete made of about 75 percent postconsumer and postindustrial glass. It may be used for countertops, furniture, fixtures, sculptural objects, and nonstructural applications....
October 2nd, 2009 | concrete, feature | Read More

Interactive Fuzzy Light Wall

Interactive Fuzzy Light Wall
International Fashion Machines (IFM) provides private research and consulting in electronic textiles to a variety of clients, industries, and the military. They work with the latest electronic yarns and a variety of textile processes including embroidery, sewing, weaving and braiding. IFM also creates...
October 1st, 2009 | feature, light | Read More

Alkemi

Alkemi
Alkemi is a recycled composite material composed of a minimum of sixty percent postindustrial scrap aluminum and polymeric resins for use as a solid surface material. It is strong, durable, and exquisite to the eye. Alkemi offers a fresh and innovative alternative to the traditional commercial options...
September 28th, 2009 | feature, metals | Read More

SkinBag

SkinBag
SkinBag is a range of clothing and accessories fabricated from synthetic human skin. The skin is latex that is molded with creases and a texture reminiscent of human flesh. SkinBag comes in a variety of colors, the most common of which emulate known values of human skin. According to the manufacturer,...
September 25th, 2009 | feature, rubber | Read More

SensiTile Terrazzo

SensiTile Terrazzo
Comprised of a light-conducting matrix embedded within a substrate, SensiTiles transport light from one surface point to another by a process called Total Internal Reflection, the same principle that makes fiber optics possible. SensiTiles either respond to shadows or an active and moving light source....
September 21st, 2009 | concrete, feature | Read More

Transparent Ceramics

Transparent Ceramics
Translucent alumina ceramics have exhibited low mechanical properties and a low in-line transmission of unscattered light (less than fifteen percent) because of their coarse micro-structures (greater than 20 μm). New transparent corundum ceramics avoid these shortcomings and can be manufactured with...
September 12th, 2009 | feature, mineral | Read More

Husque

Husque
Before 1857, the macadamia nut grew nowhere else except on the mid–east coast of Australia. Australia is the largest producer of the macadamia and generates a large amount of discarded shells. Queensland-based designer Marc Harrison seized this opportunity to reuse this waste material to create beautiful...
September 11th, 2009 | feature, fiber | Read More

Body Brush

Body Brush
Body Brush is a real-time body-driven immersive experience. It captures spatial human motion data and transforms it into a rich variety of 3D visual forms that are visualized through a stereo projector and has 3D sound. The Body Brush process is achieved with the development of a low-cost computer-vision–based...
September 10th, 2009 | feature, interactive | Read More

Fabcell

Fabcell
Fabcell is a chameleonlike fabric that changes color when conducting an electric charge. Developed by Dr. Akira Wakita’s Information Design Laboratory at Keio University in Japan, Fabcell is a flexible, nonemissive fabric made of fibers dyed with liquid-crystal ink and conductive yarns. These materials...
September 4th, 2009 | feature, interactive | Read More

Alulight

Alulight
Alulight aluminum foam was designed to combine attributes such as high stiffness, low weight, and high energy absorption—qualities that enable aluminum foam to qualify for specific requirements within the automotive, aviation, railway, and engine-building industries. Aluminum foam is also suitable...
August 30th, 2009 | feature, metals | Read More
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