TED on materials
So TED has a lot of talks some better than others but all are inspiring, a quick look through the talks offers some really good bits of information.
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What is a Hydrophobic material?
Hydrophobic materials repel water, but why? (more…)...
Fibre Reinforced Concrete
Concrete can be reinforced by weaving fibres into the material producing a material with improved properties.
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Flexible Batteries
Your electronics are not flexible at the moment, maybe bits are but any wearable that's powered will need a solid container for it's battery pack. (more…)...
Products can now self heal but how?
Materials that can fix themselves are becoming a reality able to fix large holes, small fissures and more. (more…)...
Soft flexible batteries made from a cellulose aerogel
A battery that is soft, light, be compressed and keep it's charge. It's possible if we get inventive.
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‘Design Thinking’ Book Review
Nigel Cross looks into the nitty gritty of design thinking. The book gives us an insight into the difficult task of understanding the process of design thinking. The clear examples help outline the difficult pr...
‘Democratizing Innovation’ Book Review
The book by Eric Von Hippel shows the reader the radically new world of 'user-centered innovation' the subtle and some what confusing process of users innovating products distributed by manufacturers to solve i...
‘Change By Design’ Book Review
This book by Tim Brown of IDEO uses a wide range of examples and interesting projects to give a real eye opener in the realm of design thinking. While I felt I understood design thinking this book made me real...
Harvesting power from heartbeats
So how do you keep a pacemaker powered? Make the human the generator!
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