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Sporting Goods: The latest dMASS newsletter

by dMASS Staff on August 26, 2011

What’s New We hope you’re enjoying your summer.  While you’ve been camping, running, or playing tennis in the sun, have you thought about dMASS and the equipment you’re using?  We have, and that’s the topic of this week’s newsletter.  Also, coming to your summer BBQ soon: burgers grown from single-celled organisms.  Mmmm.  Read about that [...]

Tagged as: 3D printing, athletics, energy harvesting, lightweight, Materials, nanotechnology, outdoors, Performance

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The Future of Lighting: Performance vs. nostalgia

by Mark Loeffler on March 8, 2011

Please join us in welcoming a new contributor to dMASS.net, Mark Loeffler of Atelier Ten.  Mark is a lighting and environmental designer who has consulted on many significant green building projects both in the United States and globally.  We’re excited he’s able to share his insights with the dMASS community. Lighting is about appeal, it is [...]

Tagged as: dMASS, Lighting, Performance

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Performance vs. Efficiency: dMASS thinking for better design

by Howard J. Brown on October 7, 2010

When you design something from the standpoint of benefits, or function, you are much more likely to come up with a solution that performs better, not just something that’s more efficient.  A friend just forwarded me an article about Aviointeriors’ new ”stand-up” airplane seat.  The design requires people to lean or stand in a partially reclined position on relatively [...]

Tagged as: dMASS, Efficiency, Performance

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