http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/ Engadget Comments for SkinForm Project sees shape-shifting structure get its wiggle on http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/All it does is wiggle :P]]>Jun 6th 2008 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/Why don'y they go and spend the monet trying to develop something USEFUL, instead of dicking around with this pointless POS
]]>Jun 6th 2008 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/A PIRATE SHIP (swashbucklin')
AN IVORY TOWER (introverted)
A TREE (tranquil)
A BOUNCY CASTLE (kiddyfiddlin')
R2D2 (FTW)


I think this is a step in the right direction, unfortunately it just seems like a bouncy castle atm.. well I can't complain.. ]]>Jun 6th 2008 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/Jun 6th 2008 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/
Did you guys fail to notice that this is ARCHITECTURE research? Just because they aren't trying to save lives or cure disease doesn't mean it's not worthwhile research.

Clearly you would rather all buildings be gray poured concrete rectangular prisms than some of the very interesting types that research such as this has developed over the centuries. ]]>Jun 6th 2008 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/Makes drinking so much harder..]]>Jun 6th 2008 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/Jun 6th 2008 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/
Lol]]>Jun 6th 2008 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/Jun 6th 2008 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/
rofl, it could be good indeed...
Or.... well the exact opposit could make it rather lethal I guesse]]>Jun 6th 2008 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/Jun 6th 2008 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/
I don't particularly lean towards designing this type of architecture but I can't help noticing the hard work that went into this project. Be careful how hard you critique research-type projects that you have nothing to do with.]]>Jun 6th 2008 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/Must have seemed a good idea to those involved in the planning at the time.]]>Jun 6th 2008 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/
I suppose that argument might have been made by the Third Reich -- it does not, however, refute what I said. I see no moral issues in mapping the paths of people in groups or designing a space to react to them -- and I don't think that anyone else sees this as a moral problem either.]]>Jun 6th 2008 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/All I said was that IMHO, this is a waste of time, effort and money, that could have been better spent, maybe developing some low-cost, quick/easy build resilient housing for the third world / disaster relief. Maybe they COULD incorporate some of the ideas involved in this, but I seriously doubt it. Basic design tenets: Dry; Warm/cool; Safe.
You're in architecture, amaze me!]]>Jun 6th 2008 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/
Student: "hello UN, we designed some low-cost disater relief housing, do you want to thank us now or later"

Ban ki Moon: "get out, just get out, its been done a million times, by professionals n'less. Now if you could make my house react to my mood, that would be hot."

]]>Jun 6th 2008 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/Jun 6th 2008 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/Humanity can thank me later]]>Jun 6th 2008 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/
(baldur's)]]>Jun 6th 2008 10:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/Jun 6th 2008 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/
Sounds like a penis to me.]]>Jun 6th 2008 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/06/skinform-project-sees-shape-shifting-structure-get-its-wiggle-on/Jun 6th 2008 10:58PM