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Intimacy

Nov 23, 2023Comments off

Transparency-modulating apparel Intimacy is a fashion project exploring the intersection of technology and human interaction. The smart fabric detects the biological condition of its wearer

Dupe

Nov 18, 2023Comments off

Mobile, micro-scaled sandstone manufacturing plant Peter Trimble’s Dupe is a micro-scaled, mobile manufacturing plant that synthesizes sandstone objects out of sand, urine, and bacteria. Building

EL Wire

Jul 21, 2023Comments off

Light-emitting wire ElectroLuminescent Wire consists of a concentric series of layers, each performing a different function. In the center is a solid copper conductor, which

Bio-LEDs

Jul 16, 2023Comments off

Fluorescent trees Researchers at the Research Center for Applied Science, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, discovered that when gold nanoparticles are implanted in Bacopa caroliniana plants and

Light-Controlling Metamaterial

Jun 11, 2023Comments off

Composite that regulates light Electrical engineers at Duke University have developed a material that allows them to manipulate light in much the same way that

GER

May 07, 2023Comments off

Mood sensing and communicating apparel The GER Mood Sweater communicates a wearer’s feelings via different colors of illumination that emanate from the collar. Developed by

Hydrospan 100

Feb 21, 2023Comments off

3D copy machine Three-dimensional printing has accelerated the material embodiment of architectural ideas at a small scale. However, due to the limitations of the printing

Morphable Structures

Jan 20, 2019Comments off

Jammed pseudo-solid materials Jamming is a phenomenon that allows certain complex fluids to behave like solids when their density increases. Granular materials, like sand or

Algaemy

Sep 23, 2018Comments off

Color-changing microalgae dye Algaemy is a project that investigates the potential of microalgae as a pigment in textile printing. All patterns consist of living, self-harvested

Air Flow(er)

Aug 26, 2018Comments off

Thermally regulated ventilation system The Air Flow(er) is an active ventilating surface. The zero-energy apparatus consists of an assemblage of flowerlike modules that open as