technology

Zero Energy Funriture,ZEF, Climactic Table

Furniture

Phase-Change Oak Table Heats and Cools Rooms

An oak surfaced table that developers say can heat and cool rooms has been designed by a French architect/design pair.The Climatic Table is the brainchild of Raphaël Ménard and Jean-Sébastien Lagrange. Ménard, an architect and engineer, and Lagrange, a designer, say the technology isn't new, but their application could allow homes and businesses to conserve energy while maintaining a comfortable temperature around 71F (22C).
By Bill Esler, July 1, 2015 | 12:06 pm CDT
Shaper Router, Taktia, ShaperTools.com

Woodworking Industry News

Self-correcting Hand-held Router Development Continues

A hand-held router that uses machine vision and GPS to guide its cutting path is getting closer to market. A product of MIT grad student research, the first version was presented in a Siggraph 2012 paper by Alec Rivers, Ilan E. Moyer and Fredo Durand. Now moving into the world of venture capital funding, the router has been redesigned, and renamed, Shaper.
By Bill Esler, June 25, 2015 | 11:03 pm CDT
Fenix, Rehau, Arpa,

Panel Supply

Nanotech Soft-touch Surface Use E-beam Cured Acrylic Resin

FENIX, self-healing soft matte nanotech material for vertical and horizontal furniture applications made by Italy's Arpa Industrial, will be distributed by REHAU as part of its surface solutions program. The technologically advanced surface material was developed using acrylic resins and electron beam technology to achieve a soft-to-the-touch, light-absorbing, “super-matte” texture.
By Bill Esler, June 23, 2015 | 12:06 pm CDT
Thermwood Cut Center CNC

Cabinets

Thermwood Adds Full CNC Access to Cut Centers

Thermwood says it has created a simple way for users to switch between operating its Cut Center pre-programmed CNC, and conventional CNC. The changeover assures that when swtiching between functions, all machine parameters are properly reset and that the standard Cut Center tooling is properly installed, checked and ready to run. \
June 23, 2015 | 10:52 am CDT
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Furniture

Furniture Buzz: Parametric Modeling & Online Configurators

Accompanying the move to Batch One production - each chair, cabinet or table custom built in an automated setting - are initiatives to launch scaled down configurators that allows furniture and cabinetry to be infinitely scaled in height, width, and depth. The enabling application is parametric modeling, allowing a catalog of furniture designs to be greatly scalable.
By Bill Esler, June 11, 2015 | 10:28 am CDT
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