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Light Emitting Wallpaper to Replace Light Bulbs in 2012 | Dexigner - 1 views

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lighting surface

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  • fishead ...*∞º˙ on 05 Jan 10
     
    "Light Emitting Wallpaper to Replace Light Bulbs in 2012 Light Emitting Wallpaper to Replace Light Bulbs in 2012 A company developing ultra-efficient organic LED lighting technology has been awarded a £454k grant by the Carbon Trust. The OLED materials, being pioneered by LOMOX Ltd, have a wide variety of potential applications and when coated onto a film could be used to cover walls creating a light-emitting wallpaper which replaces the need for traditional light bulbs. As well as being flexible, OLED film will require a very low operating voltage (between 3 to 5 volts) so it can be powered by solar panels and batteries making it ideal for applications where mains power is not available such as roadside traffic warning signs."
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Nanotech trick makes LED lighting more beautiful, useful | DVICE - 1 views

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advanced materials nanotech lighting LED goo

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  • Smart dudes at Nanosys are figuring out a way to make the colors of LED lights more vivid, while using the same amount of energy as current LEDs. How are they accomplishing this feat? Why, they're using nanotechnology, of course. They slather this nano goop over blue LED lights, because that color is the most energy-efficient. This strange semiconductor material changes the colors of those LEDs, resulting in a rainbow of hues that look a whole lot brighter. Best of all, this nanotech can make the color rendering index (CRI) of warm white light look a lot more appealing. Bravo. Expect to see this tech on laptop displays, HDTV screens, and lighting fixtures by the end of this year.
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Evo-lite™ - Product Line - Official supplier of Ceelite™, Lumisheet, SOLYX®, ... - 1 views

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lighting plastic surface

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  • LumiSheet is the world's first unified BLU(Back Light Unit), which contains several reflected LEDs as a source of light unlike existing BLUs. For more complete information, a catalog is available below, or you can see more photos in the LumiSheet Gallery. Advantages:     • Available in 4mm and 8mm     • Long Lifetime: Over 50,000 hrs/11 years @ 12 hours a day     • 12 volt system uses 70% less power than T5 fluorescents     • Eco-Friendly: Contains no mercury or other heavy metals     • Waterproof: IP67 & IP68 Approved     • Custom Sizes up to 4'x8' with Quick Delivery Times     • Licensed LED's, Crystal Acrylic, UL, CE approved Applications:     • signage     • trade show and exhibition design     • sports and entertainment     • architecture and enviromental design     • point-of-purchase
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Modern & Contemporary Design Magazine / Re LIGHT/ Products / DESIGNSPOTTER.COM - 0 views

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lighting electro-luminescent

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  • The First Fabric LightbulbRe Light is a new generation light source based on electro-luminescent technology.It is a soft shining cape with physical-mechanical properties that make it lightweight, foldable, and durable.
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Architectural and Design Panel Materials | 3form - 0 views

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materials

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  • Materials Color, form texture and light - 3form translucent resin materials provide these essential qualities to any architectural installation. Search our offerings by product platform to solve specific dilemmas. Or experience our materials by design stories to be completely inspired. New Materials Browse our exciting new designs in multiple material offerings. Learn more about our premium platforms including Varia Ecoresin, Chroma, 100 Percent, Stone and Glass. > VIEW NEW MATERIALS   Varia Ecoresin A dynamic translucent resin panel system made from ecoresin®, that allows you to custom-select the color, pattern, texture, interlayer and finish of your material. > VIEW VARIA ECORESIN   Chroma A bold solid surface saturated with luminous color and 40% recycled content. Chroma® is a monolithic material is ideal for horizontal applications. > VIEW CHROMA Glass The 3form Glass collection is decorative, architectural glass encapsulating surprising, dimensional elements within a material that shines with artistic possibilities. > VIEW GLASS   100 Percent 100 Percent® is an exciting, design-driven material with a minimal environmental footprint, made entirely from post-consumer recycled HDPE. > VIEW 100 PERCENT   Koda XT Design meets extreme durability. Koda XT is an exterior translucent panel material with 40% recycled content polycarbonate material specially formulated for exterior applications and is a cost-effective alternative to glass. > VIEW KODA XT Stone Reminiscent of natural stone yet entirely unexpected. Achieve an authentic stone appearance with a more flexible polyresin panel. A rich incandescence emanates from this warm and translucent product. > VIEW STONE   Struttura The Struttura™ collection offers superior structural capabilities and superior flammability performance. > VIEW STRUTTURA  
  • fishead ...*∞º˙ on 17 Jun 10
     
    "Materials Color, form texture and light - 3form translucent resin materials provide these essential qualities to any architectural installation. Search our offerings by product platform to solve specific dilemmas. Or experience our materials by design stories to be completely inspired. New Materials images/cms/little_images/varia_2011collection.jpg Browse our exciting new designs in multiple material offerings. Learn more about our premium platforms including Varia Ecoresin, Chroma, 100 Percent, Stone and Glass. > VIEW NEW MATERIALS Varia Ecoresin images/cms/little_images/image2_varia.jpg A dynamic translucent resin panel system made from ecoresin®, that allows you to custom-select the color, pattern, texture, interlayer and finish of your material. > VIEW VARIA ECORESIN Chroma images/cms/little_images/image3_chroma.jpg A bold solid surface saturated with luminous color and 40% recycled content. Chroma® is a monolithic material is ideal for horizontal applications. > VIEW CHROMA Glass images/cms/little_images/image4_glass1.jpg The 3form Glass collection is decorative, architectural glass encapsulating surprising, dimensional elements within a material that shines with artistic possibilities. > VIEW GLASS 100 Percent images/cms/little_images/image6_100percent.jpg 100 Percent® is an exciting, design-driven material with a minimal environmental footprint, made entirely from post-consumer recycled HDPE. > VIEW 100 PERCENT Koda XT images/cms/little_images/koda_small.jpg Design meets extreme durability. Koda XT is an exterior translucent panel material with 40% recycled content polycarbonate material specially formulated for exterior applications and is a cost-effective alternative to glass. > VIEW KODA XT Stone images/cms/little_images/stone.jpg Reminiscent of natural stone yet entirely unexpected. Achieve an authentic stone appearance with a more flexible polyresin panel. A rich incandescence emanates from this warm and translucent product. > VIE
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Transmaterial » Blog Archive » Delight Cloth - 15 views

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lighting

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  • elight Cloth is a light-emitting textile comprised of thousands of fiber optic strands. With a diameter of only 0.25 to 0.5 mm, the optical fibers are woven into a large translucent tapestry that can be hung vertically or horizontally. The material may be used for wall or ceiling treatments, as well as banner signage or clothing. Delight Cloth can be fabricated with imbedded graphics or logos, and may be used to emit a wide variety of colors of light. Japan-based Tsuya textile Co., Ltd. developed “The cloth fiber cross which glittered” in cooperation with Fukui engineering center.
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Transmaterial » Blog Archive » Transparent Ceramics - 0 views

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surface ceramic transparent

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  • Translucent alumina ceramics have exhibited low mechanical properties and a low in-line transmission of unscattered light (less than fifteen percent) because of their coarse micro-structures (greater than 20 μm). New transparent corundum ceramics avoid these shortcomings and can be manufactured with complex (even hollow) shapes and with a four-point bending strength of six hundred to seven hundred megapascals and a macrohardness HV10 greater than 20 GPa. The in-line transmission of transparent ceramics is close to sixty percent in visible light and approaches the theoretical limit in the infrared range. An even higher visible light transmission (greater than eighty percent at one millimeter thickness) is enabled by new submicrometer spinel, which has a macrohardness of HV10 = 14.5 GPa.
  • fishead ...*∞º˙ on 03 Jan 10
     
    scottie was right!
fishead ...*∞º˙

Spasers set to sum: A new dawn for optical computing - tech - 25 January 2010 - New Sci... - 1 views

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advanced materials spasers

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  • Dubbed a "spaser", this minuscule lasing object is the latest by-product of a buzzing field known as nanoplasmonics. Just as microelectronics exploits the behaviour of electrons in metals and semiconductors on micrometre scales, so nanoplasmonics is concerned with the nanoscale comings and goings of entities known as plasmons that lurk on and below the surfaces of metals. To envisage what as plasmon is, imagine a metal as a great sea of freely moving electrons. When light of the right frequency strikes the surface of the metal, it can set up a wavelike oscillation in this electron sea, just as the wind whips up waves on the ocean. These collective electron waves - plasmons - act to all intents and purposes as light waves trapped in the metal's surface. Their wavelengths depend on the metal, but are generally measured in nanometres. Their frequencies span the terahertz range - equivalent to the frequency range of light from the ultraviolet right through the visible to the infrared.
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Translucent…Wood?! New Sibling to See-Through Concrete | Designs & Ideas on D... - 1 views

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wood translucent advanced materials

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  • fishead ...*∞º˙ on 02 Jan 10
     
    "If you thought that see-through concrete was a cool material innovation, this even more refined-looking wooden counterpart may dazzle you even more. And with the core technology now fully developed, the sky is the limit - virtually any material can be made to let light pass through it."
  • fishead ...*∞º˙ on 02 Jan 10
     
    check out the other 'see-through' materials as well
  • Kurt Laitner on 02 Jan 10
     
    very cool
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Make: Online : Cloak of Invisibility, here we come? - 0 views

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invisibility advanced materials magnets

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  • A team of researchers at the FOM institute AMOLF (The Netherlands) has succeeded for the first time in powering an energy transfer between nano-electromagnets with the magnetic field of light. This breakthrough is of major importance in the quest for magnetic 'meta-materials' with which light rays can be deflected in every possible direction. This could make it possible to produce perfect lenses, and in the fullness of time, even 'invisibility cloaks.'
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Transmaterial » Blog Archive » Luna - 0 views

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glass construction illumination lighting

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  • Luna feature, glass — By Blaine Brownell on November 18, 2009 at 9:00 am Luna is a unique cast glass building material that contains a phosphorescent chemical, absorbing light during the day and glowing for hours at night. Luna is manufactured using glass recycled from car windshields and is ideal for bar fronts, tops, feature walls, flooring applications, or any interior or exterior area.
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Transmaterial » Blog Archive » Apex Mesh - 0 views

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metal

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  • mico’s APEX expanded metal mesh offers many benefits such as texture, passage of light, air movement, reduction of solar gain, high strength-to-weight ratio and a variety of manufacturing material options. Carbon steel, galvanized steel, aluminum and stainless steel are commonly used to make expanded mesh, and Amico can also expand alloys such as brass, copper, Cor-ten, and titanium. One of the most striking aspects of expanded mesh is the small amount of raw material required to produce a large amount of product. The expanding method is a slitting and stretching process, which creates a product that is stronger and lighter than its original form and that will not unravel. Amico engineers can custom engineer new mesh designs based on functional requirements.
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Self-Contained Solar Power System is Only 9mm - 1 views

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solar power self contained

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  • Researchers at the University of Michigan have unveiled their latest breakthrough:  a tiny solar power system that contains a processor, battery and solar cells all in 9 cubic millimeters! The miniature system measures 2.5 by 3.5 by 1 millimeters -- 1,000 times smaller than any comparable commercial system.  It's extremely energy efficient and the scientists say that it could almost operate perpetually if the battery didn't have to be replaced after many years. The system uses an ARM processor, a popular, widely-used processor which will make commercial adoption of this technology much easier. The system could be remodeled to generate power from movement or heat instead of light, making it fit for a variety of uses.  Like the small, flexible kinetic-energy harvester we profiled a last month, the scientists also see this device serving as a power source for medical implants like pacemakers.  Other possibilities include powering environmental sensors that track air and water quality and motion sensors for buildings, homes and bridges. The good news is that the researchers are already working on commercially developing the system.  With a host of possible applications, who knows where this itty bitty power generator might end up.
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Shop - 1 views

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philips lumiblade kit

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  • Kurt Laitner on 19 Feb 10
     
    for your diy pleasure
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'Invisibility Cloak' Directs Light Away From Eye : Discovery News - 2 views

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invisibility cloak

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  • fishead ...*∞º˙ on 03 Jan 10
     
    ok--how did you share an item to two groups at once????
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  • Kurt Laitner on 03 Jan 10
     
    you don't, unfortunately, you share it, it closes, you hit bookmark again and share it again, this is an easy fix perhaps worth throwing on feedback group, though I'm really not sure if diigo corp is paying any attentiong
  • fishead ...*∞º˙ on 03 Jan 10
     
    interesting approach. i'm also wondering what I think about older items bubbling to the top of the list within a group simply because a new comment was added. I guess it resurfaces to make additions easier to find, and probably also serves to rank popularity, but i think it may be a little confusing too--particularly when a really old item gets dredged up. I think i don't like it because it tends to mask other newer items from visibility, but as you said, there isn't a 'monitor' apparent to complain to. I probably just need to stop making comparisons to Twine and get over it, huh?
  • Kurt Laitner on 03 Jan 10
     
    twine wasn't twine until we pushed for those types of features, the federated comments was a holy war remember? what we need is some traction with diigo ownership, I'm going to ask wolphram who it is as google was silent on the matter
  • Kurt Laitner on 03 Jan 10
     
    no love from wolphram, useless tit
  • fishead ...*∞º˙ on 03 Jan 10
     
    http://www.crunchbase.com/company/diigo (you really oughta switch to BING) :P
fishead ...*∞º˙

Foamy Invention Could Save Energy and Lives | LiveScience - 0 views

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advanced materials foamy metal

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  • The ultra-high-strength composite metal foam created by Afsaneh Rabiei is a highlight of a well-traveled career during which the researcher has tried to learn everything she can about advanced materials. The result: a brand new material that can save energy and lives. “Basically, it is a new material for all sorts of safety devices,” said Rabiei, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at North Carolina State University. Rabiei’s invention isn’t the first metal foam, but she says it’s the strongest. The main weakness of existing metal foams is the varying sizes of their cells — tiny pockets of space inside the material. Instead, Rabiei used cells of standard sizes and combined them with a metallic matrix to support the cell walls. That helps
  • And since the bulk steel is three times heavier than the steel foam, it’s easy to see how the foam could attract car manufacturers looking for a bumper that will improve safety and gas mileage. Rabiei sees plenty of uses for her invention, including in airplanes, boats, and structures that need impact protection with maintaining low weight. It’s this high strength-to-density ratio — defining a material that’s both strong and light — that makes Rabiei’s foam unique. “This material showed a much higher strength-to-density ratio than any metal foam that has ever been reported,” she said.
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