Posts Tagged ‘process’

ERCO Virtual Luminaires

ERCO virtual luminaires are digital fixtures that accurately predict how their real counterparts will behave. Architecture begins in the mind. The progress from concept to reality takes time and can require considerable persuasion. In this regard, implementing architectural design is largely a matter...

October 3rd, 2009 | interactive | Read More

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

Meta-Coat

The Meta-Coat process allows many metals to be replaced by metal-plated plastics, thus saving energy and operating expenses. When print-industry rollers are made of carbon fiber–reinforced plastic (CFRP), for example, approximately up to seventy-five percent of energy can be saved over using conventional...

September 6th, 2009 | metals | Read More

CART

The lack of accurate infrastructure mapping has resulted in the loss of billions of dollars annually, in addition to needless physical harm. Infrastructure documentation is notoriously inadequate, and accidents often occur when workers cut lines without being aware of their existence (gas, sewer, steam,...

September 3rd, 2009 | digital | Read More

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

Lamina 1.0

Designed by Paul Haeberli, Lamina 1.0 software facilitates the fabrication of large-scale free-form structures from planar materials like plastic, metal, or plywood. This fabrication technology can be applied to interior design, architecture, lighting, signage, and sculpture. Lamina 1.0 uses a computer...

August 12th, 2009 | digifab | Read More

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

Texxus

Texxus creates 3D surface forms and textures for architectural, industrial, and consumer products. Using advanced modeling and production software, Texxus creates surfaces at any scale and produces them in suitable materials using computer-controlled manufacturing technology. Previously unachievable...

July 28th, 2009 | digital, feature | Read More

Flextegrity

Flextegrity utilizes digital geometric modeling to create structural geotextiles and dimensional meshes at a variety of scales. Interlocking polyhedral shapes are constructed with polymers, metals, or other materials. The geometries employed are naturally superior in structural compression, and the individual...

May 17th, 2009 | feature, plastic | Read More

Dimple Halftone

Dimple Halftone is a new process intended to create a microlandscape of texture that, when viewed at different distances, can be recognized as a sharp image or abstract pattern. A reminder of the enlarged halftone canvases of the Pop Art era, Dimple Halftone actually encodes dots into the surfaces of...

February 8th, 2009 | digifab | Read More