Design and the Elastic Mind February 24–May 12, 2008
Art Museum as Research Lab
A new exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art presents fresh talent in data visualization and other design disciplines that could have far-reaching business applications
A new exhibition at MoMA organized by Antonelli, which opened to the public on Feb. 24 and is on view through May 12, illustrates her point—in a spectacular and often provocative way.
The show, "Design and the Elastic Mind," features 200 projects by a host of international designers and firms, and gives a nod to "hot" technologies and new economic opportunities and consumer products. Innovative processes represented in the exhibition including nanotechnology, design for new markets in developing nations, and "three-dimensional printing" of physical objects directly from computer files. |
Ferroelastic ceramic-reinforced metal matrix composites (United States Patent Application)
Composite materials comprising ferroelastic ceramic particulates dispersed in a metal matrix are capable of vibration damping. When the ferroelastic ceramic particulates are subjected to stress, such as the cyclic stress experienced during vibration of the material, internal stresses in the ceramic cause the material to deform via twinning, domain rotation or domain motion thereby dissipating the vibrational energy. The ferroelastic ceramic particulates may also act as reinforcements to improve the mechanical properties of the composites. The composite materials may be used in various structural components in vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft, buildings and tools. |
