Topics

These are areas we have, are, or will be researching.

Making

1. Parametric Furniture
2. Software-Defined Design
3. Digital Fabrication
4. Lego
5. Industrial Robots
6. Low Voltage Electronics
7. Powder-coated Wood
8. Aluminum R2-D2
9. Proto-Form

Materials

1. Raptor Polymer Nails
2. MDF/MDO
3. Cast Acrylic
4. Magnesium Oxide Cement
5. Mylar / Metalized PET Film
6. Mushroom-based Sheet Goods
7. Wood-Polymer Composites
8. PlyBoo
9. Autoclaved Aerated Concrete
10. Fiber Optics
11. Vacuum Wrapped PVC
12. Wood Wool Cement Board
13. Lightweight/Aerated Concrete

Software

1. SketchUp Automation (via Ruby API)
2. Complexity
3. Artificial Intelligence
4. Data Flow Programming

Built Environment

1. Container Pool
2. WikiHouse / WikiWalls
3. Micro Weather Station
4. Ice Batteries
5. Vacuum Insulation / Hard Vacuum
6. Structurally Insulated Panels (SIPs)
7. Rock Wool
8. Noise Cancellation
9. Hydronic Cooling
10. Green Roof - Texas Xeriscaping
11. Wireless Sensor Arrays
12. High Volume Low Velocity Fans
13. Mushroom-based Insulation
14. Building Automation - DMX512, Insteon, Z-Wave
15. International Building Codes ICC 2015
16. Desiccant Dehumidification
17. Zeolite Membranes
18. Absorption Chiller Water-Fired / Lithium Bromide

Energy

1. Solar Power - Photovoltaic
2. Windmill Water Pumping
3. Rain Catchment
4. Roof Misting
5. Artificial Photosynthesis
6. Geothermal Cooling
7. Low Voltage Lighting
8. LED Lighting/ArtNet/sACN
9. Blackbody Radiator
10. Stirling Engines
11. Compressed Air Storage
12. Pulsed-power water treatment

Health

1. Cold Brewed Coffee
2. Fermentation - Beer, Pickles, Meat, Dairy
3. Gut Microbiome
4. Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS)
5. Myelin Repair / Dendritic Arborization
6. Bar Garden - Mint, Basil, Ginger, Watermelon

“Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.” – J. Robert Oppenheimer