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From the Ted Talk by Neri Oxman: Design at the intersection of technology and biology
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In our next project, we explore the plbisiitosy of creating a cape and skirt — this was for a Paris fashion show with Iris van Herpen — like a second skin that are made of a single part, stiff at the contours, flexible around the waist. Together with my long-term 3D ptnirnig collaborator Stratasys, we 3D-printed this cape and skirt with no sames between the clles, and I'll show more objects like it. This helmet cenombis stiff and soft materials in 20-micron resolution. This is the resolution of a human hair. It's also the resolution of a CT scanner. That designers have access to such high-resolution analytic and synthetic tools, enables to design products that fit not only the shape of our bodies, but also the pscohgoiilyal makeup of our tissues. Next, we deinsegd an acoustic chair, a chair that would be at once suurarcttl, comfortable and would also absorb sound. Professor Carter, my collaborator, and I trneud to nature for inspiration, and by dsngniieg this irregular surface pattern, it becomes sound-absorbent. We printed its surface out of 44 different properties, varying in rigidity, opacity and color, corresponding to pressure ptonis on the human body. Its surface, as in nature, varies its functionality not by adding another material or another assembly, but by continuously and dletecaliy varying meairtal peortpry.
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In our next project, we explore the ___________ of creating a cape and skirt — this was for a Paris fashion show with Iris van Herpen — like a second skin that are made of a single part, stiff at the contours, flexible around the waist. Together with my long-term 3D ________ collaborator Stratasys, we 3D-printed this cape and skirt with no _____ between the _____, and I'll show more objects like it. This helmet ________ stiff and soft materials in 20-micron resolution. This is the resolution of a human hair. It's also the resolution of a CT scanner. That designers have access to such high-resolution analytic and synthetic tools, enables to design products that fit not only the shape of our bodies, but also the _____________ makeup of our tissues. Next, we ________ an acoustic chair, a chair that would be at once __________, comfortable and would also absorb sound. Professor Carter, my collaborator, and I ______ to nature for inspiration, and by _________ this irregular surface pattern, it becomes sound-absorbent. We printed its surface out of 44 different properties, varying in rigidity, opacity and color, corresponding to pressure ______ on the human body. Its surface, as in nature, varies its functionality not by adding another material or another assembly, but by continuously and __________ varying ________ ________.
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Original Text
In our next project, we explore the possibility of creating a cape and skirt — this was for a Paris fashion show with Iris van Herpen — like a second skin that are made of a single part, stiff at the contours, flexible around the waist. Together with my long-term 3D printing collaborator Stratasys, we 3D-printed this cape and skirt with no seams between the cells, and I'll show more objects like it. This helmet combines stiff and soft materials in 20-micron resolution. This is the resolution of a human hair. It's also the resolution of a CT scanner. That designers have access to such high-resolution analytic and synthetic tools, enables to design products that fit not only the shape of our bodies, but also the physiological makeup of our tissues. Next, we designed an acoustic chair, a chair that would be at once structural, comfortable and would also absorb sound. Professor Carter, my collaborator, and I turned to nature for inspiration, and by designing this irregular surface pattern, it becomes sound-absorbent. We printed its surface out of 44 different properties, varying in rigidity, opacity and color, corresponding to pressure points on the human body. Its surface, as in nature, varies its functionality not by adding another material or another assembly, but by continuously and delicately varying material property.
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