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Hydroelectric Lighting

Apr 12, 2023Comments off

Plumbing-powered illumination Product manufacturers routinely attempt to make their technologies more resource-efficient, but interesting breakthroughs may be found in the interrelationships between technologies that are

Flash Bainite Steel

Mar 18, 2023Comments off

Ultra-fast steel strengthening process Researchers at Ohio State University have teamed up with inventor Gary Cola to refine a novel heat-treatment for steel fabrication which

Ioncell-F

Feb 11, 2023Comments off

Low-toxicity nitrocellulose textiles We often think of cotton when it comes to textiles, but manufacturers have also long explored wood as a raw material for

Kinetic Wall

Feb 06, 2023Comments off

Dynamic fabric surface Kinetic Wall is a dynamic fabric surface created for the 14th Venice Architecture Biennale. The wall’s movement is activated by a series

Pattern Transfer Nanomanufacturing

Mar 10, 2019Comments off

Flexible nanoparticle film generation University of South Carolina scientists have developed an innovative “misuse” of magnetic recording technology with intriguing possibilities. The technology is conventionally

Waterlicht

Feb 03, 2019Comments off

Immersive aqueous projection Waterlicht allows viewers to witness the impossible: a flooded Amsterdam—without water. The immersive light painting is a virtual flood, demonstrating what Netherlands

NeWool

Jan 27, 2019Comments off

DIY biocomposite textile Cook.to.Design is a playful approach to DIY materials in which anyone can experiment with materials to develop new products. Politecnico di Milano

Colorspaces

Dec 16, 2018Comments off

Robotically crafted murals Colorspaces are robotically crafted drawing installations devised and fabricated by Berlin-based Sonice Development. An autonomous machine with the capacity to move on

Light Printing

Oct 21, 2018Comments off

Volumetric light deposition Demonstrating that matter is not the only printable feedstock, Light Printing is a method to create light volumes in space. A robotic

Lightning-Processed Concrete

Oct 07, 2018Comments off

Electrodynamic fragmentation-based concrete recycling Although it is possible to recycle concrete, the process typically involves breaking the material down into aggregates that are used as