fils sound film is a flexible, transparent speaker on [technabob]

fils sound film is a flexible, transparent speaker on [technabob]

Fils Sound Film is a flexible, light transparent sound technology which can be used to create speakers pretty much anywhere you’d ever want. The speakers are actually produced using piezoelectric film which can produce sound waves when electrical current is applied. Sound quality isn’t stellar, since the low-end drops out at 200Hz, but the highs range all the way to 25kHz.



Read more: http://technabob.com/blog/2010/01/09/fils-sound-film-flexible-transparent-speaker/#ixzz0cbq70SFf

Duct Tape Wallet become Beautiful

I came across the Db Clay company on the internet and saw their wallet collections and was amazed by how duct tape wallet can become. The material the company use is call "Tope" that is made from non-toxic raw materials while having no "hazardous chemicals typically found in most vinyl-based product."1

The company also claim the material are produced away from dioxin, heavy metal or phthalate pollution and it would decompose when being buried.

The ink they use to print on material is also non toxic ink so the whole manufacturing process is eco friendly.

They even have duct tape kit and booklet show you have to do a duct tape wallet yourself.

Their website is http://ww2.dbclay.com/

1. Source from Dbclay company website

Materials research firm = soft products

molo design:: about molo

molo, based in Vancouver, Canada, is a design studio dedicated to materials research and an exploration of space making. As a design and manufacturing company, molo creates and distributes unique and innovative products to clients around the world.

Biomimicry - Unbreakable Glass -- Chemists Steal Engineering Tricks from Sponges

By studying the glass sponge, scientists could learn how to create a strong material out of something that seems to be frail. It may also hold the secret to making glass at room temperature, instead of the extremely high temperatures required to do so today. Researchers believe that the individual glass fibers in the sponge are formed by a protein at the center of each glass filament.

Unbreakable Glass -- Chemists Steal Engineering Tricks from Sponges

The double-edged sword of nanoTubes

Nanotubes have unusual properties that may advance our ability to target drug delivery especially in cancer tumors, but at the same time the technology has the potential to cause cancer similar to asbestos.

http://nano.cancer.gov/news_center/nanotech_news_2005-08-22d.asp

Nanotechnology - Health Risks - Mice Study Suggests Potential Health Risk in Tiny Carbon Fibers - New York Times

http://www.nature.com/nnano/journal/v3/n7/abs/nnano.2008.111.html