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GLASS – groovy tech from MIT

The young wizards at MIT are now 3D-printing molten glass, which is one of the more unexpectedly beautiful uses of that technology. And while the process itself is really cool from a purely technological standpoint, it’s near the end of the video when the pieces are on display that we get to see some really beautiful refractory patterns. Check it out: GLASS from Mediated Matter Group on Vimeo. What I love about these patterns is that they were probably totally unintended, just a happy accident of unexpected beauty.

On The Love Of Incandescent

A recent post on a production-related website talked about the gradual shift toward LEDs and fluorescent lighting as a double-edged sword – citing the uncomfortableness of the spectral qualities of fluorescent and LED light as a reason that people will simply leave areas lit with these sources and seek out full(er)-spectrum lighting such as daylight or incandescent. The article offers some of the standard arguments I’ve read over the years about why we like incandescent lighting, its relationship to the spectrum of firelight, and how an office lit with 5,550 Kelvin fluorescents feels totally different than daylight at 5,550 Kelvin daylight. This is where the author and I agree, perhaps for different reasons. I personally despise fluorescent lighting, especially the… Read More »On The Love Of Incandescent