070.R57. BuckyBalls
BuckyBalls es un divertido juego magnético formado por 216 pequeñas bolas de metal. Con estas bolitas, podrás realizar toda clase de formas, rompecabezas y objetos que se te ocurran. Lo sencillo del planteamiento del juego y cantidad de posibilidades que ofrece. >link >youtube
068.R55. Lazer SuperSkin
Skin biomimicry applied to helmet design. With over 80% of fatal motorcycle accidents due to head trauma, rotational head injury is currently seen as the greatest cause of brain damage or death for motorcyclists involved in road accidents. Manufactured by Lazer Designs and designed by U.K.-based Industrial Design Consultancy (IDC), a new helmet design promises […]
066.R53. Sharkskin Inspired Material
Biomimicry in Medicine: Sharkskin-Inspired Material Stops Bacterial Breakouts. Image via PopSci Sharklet Technologies, a Florida-based biotech company, has figured out a way to capitalize on shark skin – specifically on the way parasites and bacteria can’t stick to sharks. >link
060.R47. Control Estructural. Biomimética
La imagen superior muestra un diagrama de vector del cactus sin paredes celulares bajo la presión interna extrema. La mayor deformación está sobre la zona central de las costillas, ya que ellos tienen el área más amplia y son los más flexibles. La imagen debajo es el cactus con las paredes celulares bajo la misma […]
059.R46. Solar Biomimicry
The flexible photovoltaics below not only capture the sun’s energy, but the flexibility of these photovoltaics permits energy to be collected from motion. The idea is taken from leaves moving in the wind. From the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design. After all, thousands of years of evolution can’t be wrong: if a more efficient design […]
056.R43. Shape Memory Polymers
What is Shape Memory Polymer? Shape memory polymer (SMP) has only been around for a couple of decades. It has applications from deploying objects in space to manufacturing dynamic molds. Unlike shape memory alloys, SMP exhibits a radical change from a normal rigid polymer to a very stretchy elastic and back on command, a change […]
053.R40. Morphing Structures
WHY? Morphing or shape changing structures can actively change their geometry in order to better adapt to exterior loading or to increase performance. Nature is full of examples of morphing structures. Unlike a mechanism, which consists of stiff elements joined by kinematic links and actuated by exterior power sources, a morphing structure achieves its shape […]
052.R39. Aerospace Vehicle
Aircraft of the future will not be built of traditional, multiple, mechanically connected parts and systems. Instead, aircraft wing construction will employ fully-integrated, embedded “smart” materials and actuators that will enable aircraft wings with unprecedented levels of aerodynamic efficiencies and aircraft control. Able to respond to the constantly varying conditions of flight, sensors will act […]
049.R36 Material invisible
Asà es, un grupo de cientÃficos de la Universidad de Berkeley y del Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (California) ha desarrollado un metamaterial que hace posible que objetos tridimensionales puedan permanecer invisibles. Un metamaterial es aquel material artificial que presenta propiedades electromagnéticas inusuales. Propiedades que son adquiridas por su estructura diseñada y no por su composición. Gracias […]
