http://www.core77.com/materials/clogger.html Links and news tidbits from the material world 2005-11-07T08:47:41Z en-US http://www.core77.com/materials/2005/11/art-of-plastics-design.html Last month app. 50 materials manufactureres, suppliers and designers gathered in Berlin for a conference on designing with plastics, organized by Rapra Technology. Find a conference wrap-up and speakers references at the Material Stories weblog. vanbezooyen 2005-11-07T08:29:00Z http://www.core77.com/materials/2005/11/definitely-not-your-fathers-guitar.html [photo: Eastman Innovation Lab] What was your inspiration for using plastic? Ravi Sawhney, CEO-President of RKS Design – The parameters were there in front of us. The guitars were heavy. People were expressing neck and back problems – professional music vanbezooyen 2005-11-01T21:23:00Z http://www.core77.com/materials/2005/10/memory-material-could-lead-to-shape.html From IDSA's e-newsletter, "designBytes": University of Alberta's Tim Antoniuk, IDSA, chapter chair for IDSA Alberta, assistant professor of industrial design at the University of Alberta, Canada, is working on making furniture and household accessories Warren Ginn 2005-10-18T02:06:00Z http://www.core77.com/materials/2005/10/moldable-pp-fabric-composite.html MFT (Moldable Fabric Technology) is a 100% PP thermoplastic composite from Milliken with excellent impact resistance and stiffness. This lightweight structure is an alternative to glass-filled composites the are heavier and require special handling. Fa Warren Ginn 2005-10-09T01:08:00Z http://www.core77.com/materials/2005/09/fabric-comes-to-life.html Philips is bringing fabrics to life by demonstrating photonic textiles—fabrics that contain lighting systems and can therefore serve as displays. According to Philips, photonic textiles open up a wide range of applications in the fields of ambient lighti vanbezooyen 2005-09-17T20:00:00Z http://www.core77.com/materials/2005/09/get-your-hands-on-bendywood.html “Bendywood® is solid hardwood that can be easily bent in a cold and dry state. It can be worked like normal wood and can offer great time savings, cost savings and a better finished product compared to traditional wood bending techniques. Handrails can vanbezooyen 2005-09-10T21:20:00Z http://www.core77.com/materials/2005/09/direct-metal-manufacturing.html Real Parts, Real Tools "Titanium. Tool steel. Inconel. If metal is your material of choice, now is the time to investigate direct metal manufacturing (DMM). Considered by some the holy grail of additive manufacturing technologies (aka rapid prototyping) Warren Ginn 2005-09-08T01:45:00Z http://www.core77.com/materials/2005/08/robots-have-feelings-too.html New Scientist reports about a thing called 'e-skin', a thin flexible plastic film with embedded electronic sensors. This e-skin can measure temperature and pressure changes. Covering robots with this film will give them a human-like sense of touch. Imp vanbezooyen 2005-08-19T21:01:00Z http://www.core77.com/materials/2005/08/circulation-rug-and-wall-surface.html Via Blaine Brownell's Transmaterial, the Circulation rug and wall surface employ an array of circular wool felt pellets set within a honeycomb structure. Everything can be commissioned to custom dimensions, presumably including holding rooms and conferen BigElvis 2005-08-16T18:16:00Z http://www.core77.com/materials/2005/08/exhibition-masters-of-origami.html (photo: Organic Abstract - by Paul Jackson, USA) Learn all about the history of origami, paper and folding techniques and their scientific relevance. Visit the exhibition at the home of the Flying Bulls! Until September 30, 2005 in HANGAR 7 of the Salz vanbezooyen 2005-08-11T20:31:00Z