Posts Tagged ‘equipment’

Cubix

Developed by Transalpin, Cubix is a vending machine that generates instant furniture from 3D textiles and various composite materials. Whether a chair, table, shelf, or light, each piece is prepared and delivered in a cube measuring 6.3 × 6.3 × 6.3″ (16 × 16 × 16 cm). The furniture automatically...

August 6th, 2009 | plastic | Read More

Paravision

Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is an automated identification process based on the storage and retrieval of data using transponders or RFID tags. These tags are often associated with objects that may be quickly inventoried, such as product palettes, library materials, or passports. Keio University...

August 3rd, 2009 | interactive | Read More

BioHarness

The BioHarness system uses patented smart-fabric technology in a diagnostic tool that measures heart rate and respiratory performance. Because the harness is textile based, it provides increased performance and comfort over traditional equipment. The device is small enough that it does not encumber or...

September 20th, 2007 | textile | Read More

Bubble Screen

The Bubble Screen is a dot-matrix display that uses air bubbles as pixels. Developed by Eyal Burstein at Beta Tank, this display can show images, text, and patterns and may be used as a low-resolution screen. The project required two years of development during which experts in the fields of automation,...

September 20th, 2007 | feature, interactive | Read More

Multi-Touch Interaction

While touch-sensitive screens commonly work for single points of contact, multi-touch sensing enables a user to interact with a system with more than one finger at a time, as in chording and bi-manual operations. Such sensing devices are inherently also able to accommodate multiple users simultaneously,...

June 9th, 2007 | interactive | Read More

Freeaire

Now that energy consciousness is becoming increasingly widespread, one cannot fail to notice common practices that call for more energy-efficient solutions. One of these practices involves refrigeration within cold climates: a process that involves cooling goods within a heated space, which is highly...

April 1st, 2007 | metals | Read More

Optical Camouflage

While new high-performance, light-transmitting materials such as aerogel and light-transmitting concrete compel us to question the nature of solidity, a new technology developed by the University of Tokyo seeks to make matter disappear altogether. Scientists at the Tachi Laboratory have developed Optical...

January 21st, 2007 | feature, interactive | Read More

Pileus

Researchers with Keio University’s Okude Laboratory have developed an unlikely platform to showcase content from the burgeoning image website Flickr. Pileus, also known as the Flickr Umbrella, downloads and projects still-image and video content in real time from Flickr or other websites using...

November 25th, 2006 | interactive | Read More

Concrete Rear Projection Screen

In co-operation with Christoffer Dupont, student of engineering; Lene Langballe, student of architecture; and Dalton Beton, a Danish manufacturer of concrete components; the Innovation Lab project team has developed the first rear-projection screen made of concrete. The screen consists of concrete with...

November 12th, 2006 | concrete | Read More

PixelSkin02

PixelSkin02 explores new possibilities in media augmented surfaces by employing the mechanical properties inherent in shape memory alloys (SMA). In an attempt to bridge the gap between “lifeless” facade automation systems and highly expressive yet functionally thin media facades, Orangevoid’s Sachin...

October 1st, 2006 | feature, metals | Read More