Flexible OLEDs Lighting

clipped from www.youtube.com The future of lighting: flexible OLEDs in any shape and color Once flexible OLED lighting can be produced on Roll-to-Roll, a load of new applications can be envisaged. Do it yourself lighting foil that you can cut in any shape you want. Or energy efficient camper lighting you can stick to the ceiling or walls. Holst Centre and its partners are world-leading in the domain by demonstrating a flexible OLED tile without the use of ITO and with printed shunting lines. Whats more, the 12x12cm2 white OLED tile can be cut as is shown in the movie. More at http://www.oled-display.net clipped from www.holstcentre.com See also: Press release (English / Dutch) Shared program on flexible lighting and signage clipped from www.youtube.com GE OLEDs - the future of lighting clipped from www.oled-info.com GE shows OLED lighting concepts video GE has produced a nice video showing all sorts of design concepts using thin, flexible OLED lighting panels. There's wearable OLEDs for emergency safety gear, illuminated stairs, walls and signs in stores and a nice "wall peel" OLED lamp:

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1. YouTube - The future of lighting: flexible OLEDs in any shape and color
2. Lichtgevend behangpapier stap dichter
3. YouTube - GE OLEDs - the future of lighting
4. GE shows OLED lighting concepts video

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1. Printed organic lighting and signage
2. http://www.holstcentre.com/NewsPress/PressList/Agfa_ITOfree_OLED.aspx
3. General Electric OLED Sheets Double Efficiency as Organic Light Emitting Diodes Prices Lower - Popular Mechanics
4. Flexible Oleds. Lighting''''s Future? | Product Design and Development

Aerogel

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It looks like frozen smoke. And it's the lightest solid material on the planet. Aerogel insulates space suits, makes tennis rackets stronger and could be used one day to clean up oil spills. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientist Alex Gash shows us some remarkable properties of this truly unique substance.

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A Solid That's Light as Air

Aerogel is the lightest solid known to science. It's also one of the most insulating materials on Earth, the most porous, and it's nearly transparent. Those last two properties made it an ideal choice for catching flecks of comet and interstellar dust on the recently-returned Stardust mission launched by NASA and JPL.

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Aerogel & Peter Tsou, JPL Scientist

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Flower On Aerogel Over A Flame

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Matches On Aerogel Over A Flame

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Aerogel Supporting A Brick

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Aerogel In Hand

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How is Aerogel Made?

The Start of an Aerogel: A Gel

Aerogel is the solid framework of a gel isolated from its liquid component, prepared in such a way as to preserve the framework’s pore structure (or at least most of it). In other words, aerogel is what would be left over if you could remove the liquid from a gel without it shrinking. This is most effectively done through a special technique called supercritical drying

Aerogelification

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Types

Silica aerogels

Carbon aerogels

Alumina aerogels

Other aerogels

SEAgel is a material similar to organic aerogel, made of agar.

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SEAgel Aerogel lighter than air solid. Not a UFO

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1. YouTube - QUEST Lab: Aerogel - KQED QUEST
2. A Solid That's Light as Air
3. Stardust - NASA's Comet Sample Return Mission
4. Stardust | JPL | NASA
5. Stardust | JPL | NASA
6. Aerogel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
7. YouTube - SEAgel Aerogel lighter than air solid. Not a UFO

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1. Aerogel: See-Through, Strong as Steel & Ligher than Air | dornob
2. Berkeley Lab News Center Feature Story: X-Ray Diffraction Looks Inside Aerogels in 3-D
3. Aerogel Research at LBL
4. Scientists hail ‘frozen smoke’ as material that will change world - Times Online
5. Nanogel Aerogel - Cabot Corporation
6. Aerogels, Aerogel Material, Nanofoams - MarkeTech International

Carl Pisaturo -- Kinetic Sculptures

clipped from www.robotsnob.com Carl Pisaturo, an applications engineer at Stanford, creates kinetic sculptures in his spare time that include a transmutoscope, a 3D photograph viewer, and two upper body bots with 21 servos in a series named "Slave Zero." His studio is named Area 2881 after his address and houses 400 sq. ft. of art and light. Visit Carl's site to see his work, which he claims is "a money sink." clipped from www.youtube.com Electro-Mechanical Eye Candy clipped from carlpisaturo.com Carl Pisaturo B U I L T O B J E C T S clipped from carlpisaturo.com clipped from www.youtube.com Slave 1 Performance Robot clipped from carlpisaturo.com MOTORIZED KINETIC LIGHT SCULPTURES clipped from carlpisaturo.com clipped from www.youtube.com Carl Pisaturo - light machines clipped from carlpisaturo.com Serpentine Robot Arm with Tendon Transmission clipped from www.youtube.com Carl Pisaturo - robot arm clipped from www.wired.com Each sculpture can take months to finish, with all parts custom-made by him."Fully custom mechanical objects with lighting can take a long time," says Pisaturo who does the machining for the metal himself, "from three months to two years in case of the slave robots." Pisaturo has posted detailed material, design and electrical notes for his creations on his website.

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1. Slave Zero - Only Half a Bot | Robot Snob
2. YouTube - Electro-Mechanical Eye Candy
3. Carl Pisaturo
4. Carl Pisaturo - Robotic Figures
5. YouTube - Slave 1 Performance Robot
6. Carl Pisaturo - Orbit Kinetic Sculptures
7. Carl Pisaturo - Trabant Kinetic Sculpture
8. YouTube - Carl Pisaturo - light machines
9. Carl Pisaturo - Sertentine Arm Overview
10. YouTube - Carl Pisaturo - robot arm
11. Wired Video: Artist Creates Robot Slaves, Spinning Sculpture | Gadget Lab | Wired.com

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1. a real taste of Carl Pisaturo's work - art machines
2. Robotic-Lab.COM » Fantastic Kinetic Sculptures from Artist Carl Pisaturo

Google Search Options

clipped from www.youtube.com Google's Search options let you slice and dice your search results, explore your search and generate different views of your results page to more easily and quickly find what you need. clipped from www.google.com Use Search Options to find what you're looking for faster Click "Show Options" on Google search results pages to open a set of tools that let you filter, refine, and explore search results. For example, see results for global warming from the 1990s using a timeline, filter to view recent results, or explore related searches with Wonder Wheel. Learn More. clipped from blogoscoped.com Google’s Wonder Wheel Experiment, and More clipped from blogoscoped.com Google’s Timeline Feature

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1. YouTube - Google Search Options
2. Study Tips for Students
3. Google's Wonder Wheel Experiment, and More
4. Google's Timeline Feature