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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

Intaglio Composites

Intaglio Composites
Employing a combination of chemistry, high-tech equipment, concrete expertise, and graphical technology, Intaglio Composites can permanently integrate any high resolution image into the surface of precast concrete. The exposed aggregate of the concrete surface effectively becomes the transferred image;...
August 29th, 2009 | concrete, feature | Read More

Kenaf-Reinforced Bioplastic

Kenaf-Reinforced Bioplastic
The current rapid depletion of petroleum resources has led to the search for renewable alternatives. One response is the development of bioplastic, made of plant-derived materials (biomass). A substitute for petroleum-based materials, biomass-based materials have distinct advantages, such as the ability...
August 28th, 2009 | feature, plastic | Read More

Protrude, Flow

Protrude, Flow
Magnetic fluid is a black liquid that is made by dissolving ferro-magnetic micro-powder in a solvent such as oil or water. The powder retains its magnetic properties even in its liquid state, which allows for the creation of complex, organic shapes that cannot be rendered with regular magnetic sand. Inspired...
August 26th, 2009 | feature, metals | Read More

Mute Room

Mute Room
NASA invented Memory Foam over three decades ago in order to provide comfortable seating for astronauts who had to endure steep gravitational forces and spend days sitting in tight quarters. As its name suggests, the soft material conforms to the body of its user and leaves a temporary registration of...
August 24th, 2009 | feature, textile | Read More

Elumin8

Elumin8
Elumin8 technology consists of applying electricity to copper dipped in zinc sulfate ink, which then emits light. This is applied using a silkscreen process to an indium tin oxide–splattered substrate. In essence, a LEC, or light emitting capacitor, is created. The light emitted is cold, since the...
August 23rd, 2009 | feature, light | Read More

Gemstone

Gemstone
Once glass is tempered, it cannot be cut. If someone attempts to cut tempered glass, the glass will explode. Companies often discard tempered glass when panels are scratched, damaged, or ordered by mistake. Nathan Allan has eliminated the need to discard glass using a process that formulates and detempers...
August 21st, 2009 | feature, glass | Read More

Texlon

Texlon
Foiltec’s Texlon foil system offers designers new opportunities in the development of climatic and transparent envelopes. The system can be engineered to virtually any size or shape and can incorporate variable solar and thermal controls, enabling the envelope to be tuned to the ideal climatic or programmatic...
August 19th, 2009 | feature, plastic | Read More

Membrane

Membrane
Membrane is a steel chaise longue that is virtually transparent. A single thread of stainless steel is wound in a continuous spiral, and then a force of twenty-eight tons is applied slowly and strategically to create its simple supine form. Surface and structure are one: there is no chassis; it is a...
August 18th, 2009 | feature, metals | Read More

Portable Light

Portable Light
Portable Light is an interdisciplinary design and engineering project initiated by KVA MATx to provide decentralized, sustainable lighting and electrical power to more than two billion people. Based on a marriage of low-cost LEDs and flexible textiles, Portable Light is a fully autonomous, off-thegrid...
August 17th, 2009 | feature, light | Read More
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