Posts Tagged ‘intelligent’

Eco-Curtain

Inaba Electric Works has developed Eco-Curtain, a wind-powered system designed for integration in building facades. The curtain, displayed here above the entrance to a shopping mall in Nagoya, Japan, demonstrates a creative solution for environmentally-friendly power generation within a dense urban environment....

January 27th, 2006 | feature, metals | Read More

Pervious Pavement

Pervious Pavement is a cement-based concrete product that has a porous structure which allows rainwater to pass directly through the pavement and into the soil naturally. This porosity is achieved without compromising the strength, durability, or integrity of the concrete structure itself. The pavement...

January 27th, 2006 | concrete | Read More

Sun-Tec Film

Sun-Tec’s electroconductive transparent films contain small mounted electronic devices like LEDs and infrared sensors. Powered by voltages between 12 and 48 VDC, these 125-micron-thick films act as printed circuit boards and may be produced up to 137 3/4 by 49 1/4 inches (350 by 125 centimeters) in...

January 20th, 2006 | plastic | Read More

Tsola

Tsola is a recessed LED unit that uses natural daylight to create energy-free lighting and is suitable for both horizontal and vertical applications. It was conceived by London-based Sutton Vane Associates and is available in two sizes and six standard LED colors. With the ability to harness energy in...

January 17th, 2006 | light | Read More

Image-Mesh

Image-Mesh is a video wall comprised of a plastic mesh embedded with tiny, pixel-addressable 3-in-1 RGB LEDs. Its panel structure is unobtrusive, lightweight, and may be easily erected and dismantled. It can be bent to a radius of 0.5m. Each 0.9m x 0.9m panel ‘module’ weighs just 1.5kg and...

December 9th, 2005 | light | Read More

Almute

Almute is an engineered metal panel that absorbs sound. Manufactured by Peer Inc., Almute represents the culmination of many years of development in advanced sintering and fine-grain metal processing. Peer Inc. mixes aluminum grains mixed with pre-alloyed metal powders and forms them into rigid panels...

November 18th, 2005 | metals | Read More