Comments for ARCHITERIALS http://www.architerials.com Materials matter. Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:54:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Actuated Matter Workshop Part 2: Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic by Justin http://www.architerials.com/2011/09/actuated-matter-workshop-part-2-gfrp/comment-page-1/#comment-3486 Justin Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:54:30 +0000 http://www.architerials.com/?p=2095#comment-3486 An chance there is a source for these? I would like to do some experiments... J An chance there is a source for these? I would like to do some experiments…

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]]> Comment on Ice Chiller Thermal Energy Storage by Project Carbon Neutral Supporter http://www.architerials.com/2010/07/ice-chiller-thermal-energy-storage/comment-page-1/#comment-3476 Project Carbon Neutral Supporter Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:13:40 +0000 http://www.architerials.com/?p=751#comment-3476 This TES is extremely efficient. It saves energy WAY more than 156 aircons in our school could. It can save more or less 63% of energy. That already makes up for the 63% of energy that our school uses for transportation alone! Aside from being a really cool concept, we are already installing these in our school. Soon, University of St. La Salle Bacolod will be the FIRST EVER SCHOOL IN THE PHILIPPINES WITH TES! Sure it's expensive, but our school will get the money back when the TES starts to function and we get to save more energy. I'm sure that our electricity bill every month will drop by at least 25%. This will sure help reduce our carbon footprint, and not to mention save more money for more projects like One Million Trees (OMT). Please help us with this project of De La Salle Philippines. TY! This TES is extremely efficient. It saves energy WAY more than 156 aircons in our school could. It can save more or less 63% of energy. That already makes up for the 63% of energy that our school uses for transportation alone! Aside from being a really cool concept, we are already installing these in our school. Soon, University of St. La Salle Bacolod will be the FIRST EVER SCHOOL IN THE PHILIPPINES WITH TES! Sure it’s expensive, but our school will get the money back when the TES starts to function and we get to save more energy. I’m sure that our electricity bill every month will drop by at least 25%. This will sure help reduce our carbon footprint, and not to mention save more money for more projects like One Million Trees (OMT). Please help us with this project of De La Salle Philippines. TY!

]]> Comment on Nth Degree Makes Flat, Flexible, Printed LED Lights by Neil Shotton http://www.architerials.com/2012/02/nth-degree-makes-flat-flexible-printed-led-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-3452 Neil Shotton Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:04:52 +0000 http://www.architerials.com/?p=2247#comment-3452 The first product is a 2ft by 4ft light panel that will replace a four tube fluorescent fixture. The power supply is a little under two inches thick because: (1)code requirements and (2)it is powering 5000 effective lumens. The entire panel, including the power supply, is under 2 inches thick and weight 11.3 lbs. A 200 lumen/watt LED requires a heat sink the size of a can of soup and they are expensive. And awesome is what the first beta customer said about the ITO replacement ink. The Nth team appreciates your comments The first product is a 2ft by 4ft light panel that will replace a four tube fluorescent fixture. The power supply is a little under two inches thick because: (1)code requirements and (2)it is powering 5000 effective lumens. The entire panel, including the power supply, is under 2 inches thick and weight 11.3 lbs.

A 200 lumen/watt LED requires a heat sink the size of a can of soup and they are expensive.

And awesome is what the first beta customer said about the ITO replacement ink.

The Nth team appreciates your comments

]]> Comment on Materials in Motion: Super Elastic Plastic by Alli Dryer http://www.architerials.com/2011/02/materials-in-motion-super-elastic-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-3449 Alli Dryer Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:58:25 +0000 http://www.architerials.com/?p=1589#comment-3449 Tom, According to Inventables: This compound is supplied in round, free flowing pellets and are processed on standard thermoplastic processing techniques such as injection molding and extrusion. Pricing in commercial volumes would be determined by the volume, current market price, etc. Email help@inventables.com and they can get you in touch with a manufacturer. Hope that helps! I'm not aware of a thin plastic film with similar properties... Tom,

According to Inventables:

This compound is supplied in round, free flowing pellets and are processed on standard thermoplastic processing techniques such as injection molding and extrusion. Pricing in commercial volumes would be determined by the volume, current market price, etc.

Email help@inventables.com and they can get you in touch with a manufacturer.

Hope that helps! I’m not aware of a thin plastic film with similar properties…

]]> Comment on Materials in Motion: Super Elastic Plastic by Tom Green http://www.architerials.com/2011/02/materials-in-motion-super-elastic-plastic/comment-page-1/#comment-3448 Tom Green Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:51:56 +0000 http://www.architerials.com/?p=1589#comment-3448 Would you happen to know if the super elastic plastic can be ordered in sheets, and if so, would you know how thin the plastic could be; for example, could it be as thin as 1 mm? Do you know if there's a distributor or manufacturer of this material in the United States and if so, who? If not the USA, then where? Lastly, might you know of any type of flexible film that exhibits the same type of the elastic properties as the super elastic plastic? Would you happen to know if the super elastic plastic can be ordered in sheets, and if so, would you know how thin the plastic could be; for example, could it be as thin as 1 mm?

Do you know if there’s a distributor or manufacturer of this material in the United States and if so, who? If not the USA, then where?

Lastly, might you know of any type of flexible film that exhibits the same type of the elastic properties as the super elastic plastic?

]]> Comment on A Glue That Sniffs up Pollution! by goedjn http://www.architerials.com/2012/01/a-glue-that-sniffs-up-pollution/comment-page-1/#comment-3443 goedjn Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:07:32 +0000 http://www.architerials.com/?p=2235#comment-3443 It's not obvious why spraying a water soluble "glue" is a better idea than setting up big filters and blowing air through them, but I wouldn't worry to much about the effect of either on industrial polluters. First, they don't, as a group, pay attention to pollution levels, but rather to pollution laws, and second. because the particular pollution here is most likely to be non-point source, like badly tuned vehicles. Where does the stuff go, once it's washed into a drain? a treatment plant, or the nearest river? It’s not obvious why spraying a water soluble “glue” is
a better idea than setting up big filters and blowing air
through them, but I wouldn’t worry to much about the effect
of either on industrial polluters. First, they don’t, as a group,
pay attention to pollution levels, but rather to pollution laws,
and second. because the particular pollution here is most likely
to be non-point source, like badly tuned vehicles.

Where does the stuff go, once it’s washed into a drain?
a treatment plant, or the nearest river?

]]> Comment on Butterfly Wings, Colors, and Solar Cells by Radiant Light Film: Learning to Make Rainbows from Butterflies | ARCHITERIALS http://www.architerials.com/2010/06/butterfly-wings-colors-and-solar-cells/comment-page-1/#comment-3391 Radiant Light Film: Learning to Make Rainbows from Butterflies | ARCHITERIALS Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:42:45 +0000 http://www.architerials.com/?p=631#comment-3391 [...] a well-mannered material that manages to create a striking effect with a minimum of fuss.  Taking a cue from butterfly wings, the colors in the film are created NOT through the use of pigments but rather through a series of [...] [...] a well-mannered material that manages to create a striking effect with a minimum of fuss.  Taking a cue from butterfly wings, the colors in the film are created NOT through the use of pigments but rather through a series of [...]

]]> Comment on 3D-Printed Fabrics: Surprise! They’re Real AND They’re Sustainable by 3D Printing & The Future of Fashion | FMM Mobile: Fashion, Marketing & Media | http://www.architerials.com/2010/08/3d-printed-fabrics-surprise-theyre-real-and-theyre-sustainable/comment-page-1/#comment-3363 3D Printing & The Future of Fashion | FMM Mobile: Fashion, Marketing & Media | Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:34:52 +0000 http://www.architerials.com/?p=836#comment-3363 [...] The Ecouturre article focused on materials created by designer-researchers at Freedom of Creation in Amsterdam and Philip Delamore  at the London College of Fashion. The institutions partnered to create seamless, flexible textile structures using software that converts three-dimensional body data into skin-conforming fabric structures that were displayed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. [...] [...] The Ecouturre article focused on materials created by designer-researchers at Freedom of Creation in Amsterdam and Philip Delamore  at the London College of Fashion. The institutions partnered to create seamless, flexible textile structures using software that converts three-dimensional body data into skin-conforming fabric structures that were displayed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. [...]

]]> Comment on Is Graphene Elvis or the Russell Brand of Materials? by Molybdenite Prototype Chip Promises Tiny, Flexible Processors | DIGITERIALS http://www.architerials.com/2010/06/is-graphene-elvis-or-the-russell-brand-of-materials/comment-page-1/#comment-3337 Molybdenite Prototype Chip Promises Tiny, Flexible Processors | DIGITERIALS Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:32:52 +0000 http://www.architerials.com/?p=703#comment-3337 [...] and semi-conductor properties that put silicon to shame and that even rival super-material graphene. The material had been used in the past as an additive in lubricants and as a component of steel [...] [...] and semi-conductor properties that put silicon to shame and that even rival super-material graphene. The material had been used in the past as an additive in lubricants and as a component of steel [...]

]]> Comment on Bendywood by Q&A Special: How to Bend Bamboo | ARCHITERIALS http://www.architerials.com/2010/02/bendywood/comment-page-1/#comment-3335 Q&A Special: How to Bend Bamboo | ARCHITERIALS Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:00:46 +0000 http://www.architerials.com/?p=368#comment-3335 [...] is also Bendywood, a sort of permanently flexible, slightly dehydrated wood product. I’m not sure if similar [...] [...] is also Bendywood, a sort of permanently flexible, slightly dehydrated wood product. I’m not sure if similar [...]

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