Here’s a short video showing four processes commonly used by industrial designers to create prototype concepts. Prototyping Processes for Industrial Designers from karl frankowski on Vimeo.
Read Full Post...May 18, 2009
Shi Yuan’s creative wallpaper incorporates thermochromic paint that changes color as the temperature rises. The sequence below shows how it reacts to heat coming from the radiator (via dornob). Yuan’s calendar uses this same material to make the date fade away as day turns into night.
Read Full Post...May 15, 2009
h a c k t e r i a & l a b h a c k i n g with Marc R. Dusseiller & Kaspar Koenig Saturday 30 May - Wednesday 3 June 2009, 12.00-18.00 daily Location: eNKa / ElsenStr. 52 (2.Hof) Berlin, Germany Telephone: +49 (0)176 20626386 Course Participation fee: 100 euros Registration is required for this workshop and [...]
Read Full Post...May 14, 2009
hardhack is a hands-on hardware event in berlin, germany. this will be the 2nd incarnation of hardhack. last year it had about 40 participants, this year about 150 participants are expected . the main deal with hardhack is that it consists of all hands on hardware hacking, no powerpoint presentations! no blah blah! there will [...]
Read Full Post...May 13, 2009
V2_Events: Test_Lab: Fashionable Technology* V2_ Ground floor, Eendrachtsstraat 10, Rotterdam. May 20, 2009 8 p.m. Admission: free. *The term Fashionable Technology is coined by Sabine Seymour. This event will be streamed live at http://live.v2.nl Featuring: Sabine Seymour (AT/US), Mark Coeckelbergh (B/NL), Aram Bartholl (DE), Cutecircuit: Francesca Rosella and Ryan Genz (UK), and KOBAKANT: Mika Satomi and Hannah Perner-Wilson (JP/AT). Clothing is an aspect [...]
Read Full Post...May 13, 2009
Until recently no one could explain why superconducting LEDs are brighter. The question arose last year when Japanese researchers were working on a device to study how Cooper pairs in superconducting niobium would emit light when combined with holes generated in a PN junction. Surprisingly, these researchers realized that their superconducting LED was much brighter [...]
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May 19, 2009
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