r26D

Topics

Making

  1. Parametric Furniture
  2. Software-Defined Design
  3. Digital Fabrication
  4. Lego
  5. Industrial Robots
  6. Low Voltage Electronics
  7. Powder-coated Wood
  8. Aluminum R2-D2
  9. Proto-Form

Materials

  1. Raptor Polymer Nails
  2. MDF/MDO
  3. Cast Acrylic
  4. Magnesium Oxide Cement
  5. Mylar / Metalized PET Film
  6. Mushroom-based Sheet Goods
  7. Wood-Polymer Composites
  8. PlyBoo
  9. Autoclaved Aerated Concrete
  10. Fiber Optics
  11. Vacuum Wrapped PVC
  12. Wood Wool Cement Board
  13. Lightweight/Aerated Concrete
  14. Polygal / Multi-wall Polycarbonate Sheets
  15. Maker Pipe

Software

  1. SketchUp Automation (via Ruby API)
  2. Complexity
  3. Artificial Intelligence
  4. Data Flow Programming
  5. LaTeX / eBook Publishing

Built Environment

  1. Container Pool
  2. WikiHouse / WikiWalls
  3. Micro Weather Station
  4. Ice Batteries
  5. Vacuum Insulation / Hard Vacuum
  6. Structurally Insulated Panels (SIPs)
  7. Rock Wool
  8. Noise Cancellation
  9. Hydronic Cooling
  10. Green Roof - Texas Xeriscaping
  11. Wireless Sensor Arrays
  12. High Volume Low Velocity Fans
  13. Mushroom-based Insulation
  14. Building Automation - DMX512, Insteon, Z-Wave
  15. International Building Codes ICC 2015
  16. Desiccant Dehumidification
  17. Zeolite Membranes
  18. Absorption Chiller Water-Fired / Lithium Bromide

Energy

  1. Solar Power - Photovoltaic
  2. Solar Thermal
  3. Windmill Water Pumping
  4. Rain Catchment
  5. Roof Misting
  6. Artificial Photosynthesis
  7. Geothermal Cooling
  8. Low Voltage Lighting
  9. LED Lighting/ArtNet/sACN
  10. Blackbody Radiator
  11. Stirling Engines
  12. Compressed Air Storage
  13. Pulsed-power water treatment
  14. Ice Batteries

Health

  1. Cold Brewed Coffee
  2. Fermentation - Beer, Pickles, Meat, Dairy
  3. Gut Microbiome
  4. Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
  5. Myelin Repair / Dendritic Arborization
  6. Bar Garden - Mint, Basil, Ginger, Watermelon

“Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.” – J. Robert Oppenheimer