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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"transformable"”.
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Transformable Discreet Log Contracts
… agree to leave). We fix this by introducing the Transformable Discreet Log Contract (TDLC), which allows a third party, Carol, to swap in for either Alice or Bob midway through the contract with reduced interaction and the Truly Transformable Discreet Log Contract (TTDLC), which allows multiple …
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Genomic diversity in naturally transformable Streptococcus pneumoniae
… and plasticity of the genome of this naturally transformable organism which can readily alter its genome in response to its environment and the pressures placed upon it in order to survive. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate this diversity from a genome sequence perspective and to …
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Modular Zipping for Transformable and Dynamic Systems
There is a need for products, machines and environments that can change shape, transform and evolve according to their use. This thesis proposes the design of a simple, modular actuator based on reversible folding and interlocking (zipping) of flexible 3D printed strips. The proposed zipper design …
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OCA : a device interconnection platform for context-aware transformable environments
… The system, designed to work within complex transformable environments, will allow the user to control furniture configuration, lighting, transparency, audio, fragrance, health systems, etc. Using machine learning, the system will correlate the user's preferences to those of others who have …
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Designing for uncertainty : novel shapes and behaviors using scissor-pair transformable structures
Much current research in design and computation, within an architectural framework, aims to reduce uncertainty as much as possible. The general belief is that, during the conceptual design process, the certainty about the outcome to be brought into being is achieved by analyzing clients' stated …
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Materials of interaction : responsive materials in the design of transformable interactive surfaces
… materials can support the design of transformable interactive surfaces. Three design implementations are presented, each addressing a distinct subject area in the design of form transformation, namely topology, texture and permeability. Surflex is a composite that uses active and …
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Capturing Key Knowledge Exchanges within the Design Process of Transformable Shading Systems
… knowledge exchanges within the design process of transformable shading systems. It will seek to investigate, explore, and propose how the concept of transformability in designing shading systems can be suggested, depicted, or physically incorporated in building envelopes. In order to get the full …
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Modularizing transformations : a goal-oriented design tool of a modular four-bar linkage mechanism
… but have also catalyzed the emerging areas of transformable material design. This field of transformable material design is a multidisciplinary subject that provokes and inspires researchers to innovate. In the field of human-computer interaction (HCI), in particular, research has been looking …
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THE ART AND SCIENCE OF TRANSFORMABLE ARCHITECTURE: Geometry Theory for 2 Bar Scissor-Hinged and Expandable Origami-Scissor Hinged Deployable Structures
Deployable structures can transform and/or expand and contract due to their geometrical, material and mechanical properties. This technology enables an architecture that can be transportable, mobile, adaptable, rapidly built, reusable and that makes efficient use of space and materials and …
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FLUX : adaptable architecture for a dynamic society
… a more functional architecture that is kinetic, transformable, capable of disengagement, and reassembly could keep up with the occupants' need to have multiple programs taking place in one space, maintain economy, and alleviate the over use of energy and resources.
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Objects of Desire: The Foot as a Site
… to investigate the form by studying it as a transformable group of component parts. Last, to ask the question, how does a product become malleable and changeable in terms of intent,transportability and its relationship to the body?
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Prefabricated Interiors: Through the Lens of an Interior Systems Theoretical Framework
… fabricated off-site, typically customizanble, transformable, transportable, and place-making within both architecturally defined and non-architectural settings. They foster user attachment, promote regenerative design, and have significantly advanced the evolution of prefabrication across the …
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Material transformation designing shape changing interfaces enabled by programmable material anisotropy
… thesis takes a material perspective on designing transformable interfaces. The structure of material and mechanical properties such as stiffness, can determine not only its static performances, but also, with the help of external forces, support dynamic shape change. By encoding structural or …
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In Meditation Space: Lighting and Materials
… rhythm of shape, form, pattern, and space. The transformable ideal of repetition changes to become an architectural space. This project attempts to discus meditation in terms of architectural studies, and how the structures of materials together with their lighting elements can create a space …
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Kinetic index : an exploration of site and program in flux
… architecture to adapt through overlapping and transformable space while responding to the forces on the site through an understanding of their paths and boundaries. Kinetic spaces are carefully programmed to allow for flexibility over time but are also conscious in preventing under-programmed …
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Biologically-inspired robots for stage performance
… robots. A six-legged walking robot and transformable robot were first built to verify the adopted design methodology prior to the prototyping of onstage robots. In addition, the robots were certified as performance-ready according to four criteria: the visual appearance, the overall …
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Micro-home ownership in a mega-metropolis
… society, the home is reconceived as a portable, transformable device that adapts and reconfigures itself to coexist within a range of changing terrains. Ownership will no longer act as a geographical constraint limiting world-wide, long-term travel. Mobile housing affords one the means to explore …
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Change in lithic technological organization strategies during the Middle and Later Stone Ages in east Africa
… organization strategy of curating large, transformable, morphologically flexible, and functionally versatile tools that had the potential to perform a wide range of unplanned tool-using activities. Conversely, smaller, thinner backed microliths with low frequencies of use-wear traces …
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