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Beyond the Comfort Envelope
4+ hour, 2+ min ago (425+ words) This research theme investigates human physiological and behavioral responses to thermal conditions that fall outside the range assumed by current comfort standards. The comfort envelope, as defined by decades of thermal comfort science, was developed to characterize the conditions under…...
EXPLAIN Describes a Query. Production Is Everything Else That’s Running.
11+ hour, 6+ min ago (1398+ words) A while back I wrote about migrating a terabyte of banking data from Oracle to PostgreSQL with no downtime. The part people …...
Burgess Article on Joints Reflects Growing Recognition of Design
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (211+ words) Burgess describes the different types of movable joints in humans, and he explains why the “human musculoskeletal system has a level of design sophistication far higher than the best current humanoid robots.” In addition, he recommends how biological design could…...
Digital Worlds and the Limits of Frictionless Space: Rethinking Scale and Materiality
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (889+ words) ArchDaily - Digital Worlds and the Limits of Frictionless Space: Rethinking Scale and Materiality Written by Jonathan Yeung Historically, the way we design has been closely linked to the way we build. Architecture moved through physical testing, trial and error, projection…...
From One Loud Printer To 200 Machines: Invent 3D’s Eight-Year Journey
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (267+ words) When David and Alex bought a 3D printer in 2017, it was slow, loud and far from glamorous. That question eventually became Invent 3D. Together with Alexandra Sciberras, they set out to build a business combining their interests in innovation, design, engineering and…...
Fine details: Affordable new resin 3D printer boasts 9K resolution
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (175+ words) Notebookcheck Priced at $239, the budget-friendly Halot-X1 Neo features a high-resolution 9K display (8,520 x 4,320 pixels), yielding an XY resolution and pixel size of 18 µm. It supports layer heights between 0.01 mm and 0.2 mm and offers print speeds of up to 60 mm/h. Because…...
Flip: Flexible, Flippable Modular Public Seating
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (119+ words) Core77 This Flip public seating concept is by London-based industrial design firm Of My Imagination. The idea is to provide more comfort for waiting areas when they're not full. To that end, individual seats can be flipped out of the way,…...
Earthseed Dome Brings 3D Printed Living Soil to ICA
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (260+ words) Home - Earthseed Dome Brings 3D Printed Living Soil to ICA Botanical artist Lily Kwong has created Earthseed Dome, a site-responsive 3D printed structure inside Transamerica Redwood Park in San Francisco, presented by the Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco (ICA SF). 3D Printed…...
Untangling the meta-biomaterial puzzle one property at a time
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (497+ words) From repairing damaged tissues to developing better implants, many medical developments depend on materials that can mimic the complex properties of human tissue. Meta-biomaterials are among the most promising candidates. By tailoring their geometry, researchers can create materials with properties…...
DOE puts $3 million behind polyester-eating enzymes to turn textile waste into new polyester
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (698+ words) Making that work cheaply remains the central problem. The U.S. Department of Energy is backing a biotech effort led by Protein Evolution that could help turn worn-out polyester into fresh fabric instead of sending it to the trash, WWD reported. At…...