Articles
Breathing buildings
Thermo bi-metals allow buildings to ‘breathe’. This innovative rethinking of the building’s skin could change the way we think about heating and cooling buildings. A shape-changing, breathing building made from sheet metal has been created ...
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Regina Heinz: ceramic arts and crafts
The Austrian born ceramic artist Regina Heinz launches a new collection of curved tiles and wall pieces. The 3-dimensional ceramic tiles are crafted and painted by hand. They can be combined and repeated in different ...
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Dutch scientists create light emitting plastic
Scientists at the University of Technology Eindhoven (TU/e) in The Netherlands for the first time succeeded in creating a plastic that emits light when pulled. The researchers can make the plastic emit red, yellow, blue ...
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Interactive Artwork by Studio Roosegaarde
In front of the theatre and cinema building De nieuwe Kolk in Assen, the Netherlands, the largest interactive artwork based on sensor technology has been revealed. Sensor Valley 8.0, as it is called, has been ...
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Musical pudding
French designers Raphaël Pluvinage and Marianne Cauvard have created a jelly that makes several sounds. With the ‘Noisy Jelly’, players can make an instrument that looks like a pudding. A mini chemistry lab allows each ...
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Acoustic plasters and three-dimensional textiles
An annoying reverb, too much noise in a restaurant, or an unpleasant silence in the waiting room. Acoustically awkward situations like these can all be solved with the use of proper materials. An exhibition on ...
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