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The Resistor JelTone is an edible toy piano created by NYC Resistor members Ranjit Bhatnagar, Astrida Valigorsky, Mimi Hui and myself for the Jello Mold Competition.
As part of our experiments we realized that jello ...
the resistor jeltone :: an edible toy piano
Conductive Materials, Organic Materials
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Jie Qi, from MIT's High-Low Tech group, posted a couple really nice tutorials on how to combine paper, electronics ...
paper + electronics tutorials
Conductive Materials, Paper, Techniques
Shape memory polymer strips (image by Inventables)
Heat Reactive Materials
Heat reactive materials change state, shape and/or color when exposed to temperatures above ambient. Naturally, many materials change state, ...
heat reactive polymers
Materials 101, Polymers
Thermochromic and waterproof polyester fabric (image by Inventables)
Heat Reactive Materials
Heat reactive materials change state, shape and/or color when exposed to temperatures above ambient. Naturally, many ...
thermochromic materials
Materials 101
Empa's EAP propelled airship with Dielectric Elastomer (DE) actuators as ...
EAP propelled airship
Polymers
SketchChair, a project by Tiago Rorke and Greg Saul of Diatom, is an "open-source software tool that allows anyone to easily design and build their own digitally fabricated furniture:"
The SketchChair software allows ...
SketchChair :: open source furniture
Tools
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UV reactive materials, which initially have an off-white appearance, change to bright colors when ...
UV reactive materials
Materials 101, Polymers, Textiles
As the name indicates, electrotextiles are textiles with electrical properties. They're mostly used for electromagnetic shielding, anti-static and heating purposes, and also for soft circuits: electric circuits or ...
electrotextiles
Conductive Materials, Materials 101, Textiles
Update: see Joe's comment below with information about an open source filament extruder/recycler. Thanks Joe!
If you haven't yet, check out this great blog post on recycling of 3D printing materials by i.materialise's ...
recycling 3D printing materials
Research
The first edition of Botacon took place last weekend in Brooklyn. The lineup of speakers was impressive and made for one of the best conferences I've ever attended. But one materials-related presentation stood out. Mr. Kim ...
DIY printed semiconductors @ botacom
Conductive Materials, Techniques, Tools
What is LumiNet?
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LumiNet is a distributed physical computing framework, ...
LumiNet – an organic, interactive illumination network
Circuits
Interesting article at The Japan Times :)
TSUKUBA, Ibaraki Pref. (Kyodo) Researchers at the National Institute for Materials Science have found that an iron compound becomes superconductive — where electrical ...
wine is good for your superconductors
Conductive Materials, Organic Materials
