Collection by Melissa Abel

Technology

Current Window - MARJAN VAN AUBEL

Current Window is a modern version of stained glass — using current technologies. The coloured pieces of glass are generating electricity from daylight, and can even harness diffused sunlight. This electricity can be used to power a whole range of electrical appliances. The glass pieces are made of ‘Dye Sensitised Solar Cells’, which use the properties of colour to create an electrical current — just like photosynthesis in plants. Similarly to the various shades of green chlorophyll absorbing light, the coloured window panes harness energy.
Plug in your devices through integrated USB ports in the window ledge. The greater the surface exposed, the more energy will be collected. Imagine these windows in churches, schools, and workplaces! Current Window offers us an example of energy-harvesting in a natural and aesthetic way, for our future.
Current Window - MARJAN VAN AUBEL Current Window is a modern version of stained glass — using current technologies. The coloured pieces of glass are generating electricity from daylight, and can even harness diffused sunlight. This electricity can be used to power a whole range of electrical appliances. The glass pieces are made of ‘Dye Sensitised Solar Cells’, which use the properties of colour to create an electrical current — just like photosynthesis in plants. Similarly to the various shades of green chlorophyll absorbing light, the coloured window panes harness energy. Plug in your devices through integrated USB ports in the window ledge. The greater the surface exposed, the more energy will be collected. Imagine these windows in churches, schools, and workplaces! Current Window offers us an example of energy-harvesting in a natural and aesthetic way, for our future.
A compact cam mechanism allows the cutting tool to make minute adjustments while you steer Origin in the direction of the arrow on the screen. When you're within range, you can press the green button for the tool to automatically make the cut without your having to move it.
A compact cam mechanism allows the cutting tool to make minute adjustments while you steer Origin in the direction of the arrow on the screen. When you're within range, you can press the green button for the tool to automatically make the cut without your having to move it.
Marjan van Aubel's solar-powered charging tables and windows earned the designer a spot on our 2016 Young Guns list. The dye-sensitized solar cells that power the creations are made using organic pigments. Photo: Mathijs Labadie
Marjan van Aubel's solar-powered charging tables and windows earned the designer a spot on our 2016 Young Guns list. The dye-sensitized solar cells that power the creations are made using organic pigments. Photo: Mathijs Labadie
ARUP's  SoundLab creates virtual sonic environments to help architects improve the acoustics of their buildings. What it really does, though, is transport you visually and aurally into any space—a concert hall, a subway platform, a cathedral. It’s one thing to make it look like you’re there; VR is good at that.Using acoustic simulation software, the engineers pass that audio signal through the virtual room’s acoustic signature, simulating how it would sound anywhere in that space.
ARUP's SoundLab creates virtual sonic environments to help architects improve the acoustics of their buildings. What it really does, though, is transport you visually and aurally into any space—a concert hall, a subway platform, a cathedral. It’s one thing to make it look like you’re there; VR is good at that.Using acoustic simulation software, the engineers pass that audio signal through the virtual room’s acoustic signature, simulating how it would sound anywhere in that space.
Fiona O’Leary created a prototype for her graduation project at the Royal College of Art. O’Leary developed a handy, handheld tool she calls Spector that captures typefaces and colors in the real world, and then transfers them directly to InDesign.
Fiona O’Leary created a prototype for her graduation project at the Royal College of Art. O’Leary developed a handy, handheld tool she calls Spector that captures typefaces and colors in the real world, and then transfers them directly to InDesign.
the bookmark light by Kyouei Design is transformed through the click of a button.
the bookmark light by Kyouei Design is transformed through the click of a button.
The Punkt. MP 01 Mobile Phone
#Backtothebasics
The Punkt. MP 01 Mobile Phone #Backtothebasics
Eindhoven’s Massoud Hassani of Hassani Design BV emulated natural "technology" with his Mine Kafon, a low-tech landmine detector that is powered by gravity and wind energy. It contains a GPS chip to precisely transmit the location of mines it has detected or detonated. The 175-pound prototype is heavy enough to trip land mines while rolling across the ground or down hills in the outskirts of, say, Kabul, Afghanistan, where Hassani used to play as a child with homemade wind-powered toys alongside his younger brother.
Eindhoven’s Massoud Hassani of Hassani Design BV emulated natural "technology" with his Mine Kafon, a low-tech landmine detector that is powered by gravity and wind energy. It contains a GPS chip to precisely transmit the location of mines it has detected or detonated. The 175-pound prototype is heavy enough to trip land mines while rolling across the ground or down hills in the outskirts of, say, Kabul, Afghanistan, where Hassani used to play as a child with homemade wind-powered toys alongside his younger brother.
Plant-in City | Geological Frames

Planters use embedded technologies that provide ambient and mobile interactivity. Through a network of Arduino micro-computers with sensors for soil moisture, temperature, humidity and light the plants are able to "speak" about their environmental wellbeing.
Plant-in City | Geological Frames Planters use embedded technologies that provide ambient and mobile interactivity. Through a network of Arduino micro-computers with sensors for soil moisture, temperature, humidity and light the plants are able to "speak" about their environmental wellbeing.
KRAM/ WEISSHAAR | The SmartSlab TABLE features key SmartSlab functions such as through-panel touch control, heating, cooling and inductive cooking in a single composite slab that acts simultaneously as circuit board, structure and surface.
KRAM/ WEISSHAAR | The SmartSlab TABLE features key SmartSlab functions such as through-panel touch control, heating, cooling and inductive cooking in a single composite slab that acts simultaneously as circuit board, structure and surface.
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