Produced with a “bottom-up” self-assembly technique, the new structure takes advantage of nanotechnology to fine-tune its materials properties, addressing the shortcomings of earlier silicon-based battery anodes. The simple, low-cost fabrication technique was designed to be easily scaled up and compatible with existing battery manufacturing. Details of the new self-assembly approach were published online in the […]

Lightweight material, Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, or ETFE, is proposed as the membrane which will encapsulate Houston in a geodesic dome. This material has already been used in the Beijing Olympic Stadium and in the Eden Project. This material shows the possibility to move away from the hard lined modernist glazing that we now see in the […]

Tests 02 + 03 of the sprayed polyurethane foam structure. In these tests we were testing several parameters/variables between the digital model, kuka robotic language, and the physical manifestation. In the third test we have added a control to the actuator adding noticeable differences, and have further continued to test this variable, standoff distance and […]

‘Connex 3D Multiple Material Printers by Objet Geometries (ISRAEL) are recognized for their ability to simultaneously jet multiple materials with different properties into the same object. This extraordinary innovation is advancing the state of product development today by enabling the creation of prototypes and models that are far closer in form to the desired end […]

Video from initial spray foam test using the KUKA 7-axis robot. At this moment we were testing the foams ability to adhere to vertical surfaces, also checking for any deflection occurring within a two foot cantilever –the test sample showed no signs of deflection. A second testing this week will look at the foams ability […]

“The four FRONT members have developed a method to materialise free hand sketches. They make it possible by using a unique method where two advanced techniques are combined. Pen strokes made in the air are recorded with Motion Capture and become 3D digital files; these are then materialised through Rapid Prototyping into real pieces of […]

Radiolarian inspired design from Shiro-Studio using d-Shapes full-scale rapid prototyping technology.

Fiberglass spraying using 6-axis Kuka robotic arm.