What do you do when your species unsettles the balance of nature? Create artificial nature to make up the difference, of course. Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Mitsubishi Corp. and Tokki Corp. have developed a prototype solar cell module that realistically takes on the look of a common houseplant. The organic thin-film solar cells are protected by a layer of plastic, allowing the technology to be used in the future for constructs including walls and windows, clothing materials, leisure goods, outdoor products and toys. Hopefully, if we run out of trees in 50 years, these technological wonders will offer reasonably comforting substitutes.
Cloth line clip is one of the few rare objects whose integrity, practicality and sense of purpose has remained intact over the years.
Although various shapes and materials have been explored, none have an emerging brilliance of a perfect match of form and function.
“Clip” is the manifestation of my imagination of a world with interesting artifacts which not only look good but also have a definite function to perform.
I call it - utilitarian design.
The basic aim of my design was to create a single piece product with recycled plastic with no metal components.
Its dual jaw design not only creates interest in it but also doubles up its life.
If one jaw is damaged, the other jaw still remains functional.
In the ordinary clips, the clamp and hinge goes parallel to each other where as in this case the area (surface) which is holding the cloth and the area (cross section) which is acting as hinge is perpendicular to each other, which acts as a stiffener.
The product is a single piece injection molded component in recycled plastic.
Lesser in price than the existing ones due to reduced number of components.
Portfolio of Paul Sandip, Indian based Industrial Designer.
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The ‘Lunchbox Laboratory’ prototype is the outcome of an interesting collaboration between the artist group Futurefarmers and the Biological Sciences Team, National Renewable Energy Lab.
Currently scientists are using algae to produce hydrogen and have discovered that it is a viable renewable energy form, in that, algae is everywhere and it could also be used to produce biodiesel. One of the main hurdles for the research is to find the most productive strains of algae. Since there are potentially millions of strains, this task is monumental.Lunchbox Laboratory is a prototype for a potentially distributed research tool that would be sent to schools such that young scientists could do primary screening of a collection of algae strains. This would serve as a preliminary screening such that non productive strains would be ruled out and only productive strains would reach labs. This project enables students to participate in big science as well as network with other students nationwide to compare notes.
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