These striking light fixtures are made to evoke references to the sky, water and landscape. They are constructed of an epoxy resin that is cast on a parchment paper with strokes of latex painted colors. Like a glass or any other translucent material, when the light is shown through, the colors become more vivid and bright. The organic shapes and forms also references the natural world and its unpredictability.

Rainscreen Systems for the Built E nvironment. Materials for Design offers an exciting range of rainscreen, exterior envelopes for the built environment. Materials for Design, Inc. Please click on an image for more information on the products.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011. You can download the exercises here.

Hydride Ion Conductivity in Barium Hydride at High Temperature. By Michael Klein, The University of Texas at Austin. Electrochemical Energy Laboratory and MRS Student Chapter. Of barium hydride at high temperature, and report very high hydride conductivity. Better than competing oxide and perovskite structures around 600.

Miércoles, 23 de marzo de 2011. When it comes to teachers learning and valuing the effective use of new technologies, some schools are discovering that the kinds of training programs offered in the past may not represent the most generative method of reaching a full range of teachers and their students.