Seen that? - Nanotech's for real in the building industry

Filed in archive Best of on November 16, 2009

Nanotech's for real in the building industry at Nanotechbuzz

Nanotechnology is sometimes seen as all hype, with little real-world application. But nanomaterials are already all around us. Take the buildings that we live and work in, for instance. You' ll find nanotechnology used to create stronger steel, self-cleaning glass, solar-collecting fabrics, and even smog-eating concrete. And not only are these nanomaterials present in our buildings, they' re making them better places to live and work. Self-cleaning glass has a [...] Read More


Nanotechnology applications in construction at Nanotechbuzz

Tomorrow I'm headed to Los Angeles to speak on Nanotechnology Applications in Construction at America's Leading Architects Forum. I'll discuss new nanomaterials and nanosensors, and how they may affect the way we design and make buildings. It's already happening, as you can see from Richard Meier's Jubilee Church, pictured here, which uses a titanium dioxide nanoparticle coating to shed dirt. To learn more, check out the report released this week on Nanotechnology [...] Read More


nanoSTUDIO explores architecture and nanotechnology at Nanotechbuzz

What would buildings look like if they were made from materials 100 times stronger than steel, if sensors embedded in materials and inhabitants created smart environments, and walls and ceilings changed color based on user preferences? These are some of the questions answered by the nanoSTUDIO, a joint exploration by Ball State University (BSU) and Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). In the course, which I led with janet Staker Woerner [...] Read More


The Benchmark of Link Building at The Search Engine Weblog

Websites are only as good as the number of visitors they attract. Basically, every website needs visitors to be successful in marketing and selling products and services. Therefore, without web traffic the site is dead. The essence of yielding good website traffic points to some crucial things and one of it is building effective link. Link building services are the reliable ways to be successful on the web. Doing business [...] Read More


RFID Architecture at The RFID Weblog

Over at Network Computing you can download a very useful white paper on RFID Architecture by Infosys (requires free registration): "Early Adopters of RFID are beginning to look beyond proof of concept pilots and field trials. Enterprise scale Solution Design and Integration are emerging as key focus areas. Key to success in both of them is the architecture for integrating data from the RFID hardware layer with a multitude of Enterprise [...] Read More