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From PopSci:
"Designed as an exterior skin that would be stretched taut over an aluminum frame, like nylon over tent poles, SmartWrap consists of two layers of a polyester film called PET—the same clear plastic used in soda bottles. The idea is to use the thin, flexible film as a substrate onto which micro-components for lighting, heating, energy storage and even information display can be printed, like ink on paper. The result will be electronic walls that are inexpensive and infinitely customizable both at the manufacturing stage and at home, so that you could, for instance, program one side of the living room to be a built-in movie screen or turn an entire side of the house into a window at the flick of a switch."
via Eye of Gaia
Posted by paul at July 15, 2005 10:49 PMThis design should come in handy for turning on those higher circuits in the brain. I imagine an entire house capable of displaying any type of data ranging from statistical summaries to live hot XXX quantum action.
Posted by: Manuel at July 16, 2005 08:38 AMBut how good is this house at keeping predators of thieves out ?
Posted by: demetrious at July 20, 2005 08:44 PMPolyethylene Terephthalate can easily be melted.
Posted by: Roark at July 31, 2005 11:14 AM