nanotechnology and design

1. George Elvin, PhDsenior research associatebuilding futures instituteassociate professordepartment of architectureball state university nanotechnology and design

2. nanotechnology “the design, production and application of structures, devices and systems by controlling their shape and size at the nanometer scale”

3. nanotechnology “the design, production and application of structures, devices and systems by controlling their shape and size at the nanometer scale”

4. nanotechnology how will it change design?

5. materialstomorrow smart materials integrate computing with buildings and everyday objects monitor environment, user preferences, and their own performance

6. materialstomorrow environmentally responsive materials objects increasingly responsive to surroundings windows adapt to changes in outdoor light

7. materialstomorrow biomaterials blur boundary organic/inorganic hybrid materials combining features of both photosynthetic walls

8. smartenvironments computation and communication built in

9. smartenvironments rfid tags human-implantable microchips reporter genes

10. smartenvironments an environment made up of intelligent, interacting objects including us

11. smartenvironments objects within network continuously aware of and responding to their environment, users, and each other

12. smartenvironments changes in light, temperature, users trigger changes in materials and assemblies, which in turn affect other materials and assemblies in the environment

13. smartenvironments people will be the centerpiece of this interacting network, their differences, wants and needs triggering changes in the nanomaterials around them

14. smartenvironments focus on relationships between objects, users, environment

15. growingenvironments biomaterials design with living things growth compound complexity

16. designprocess transformation networks of intelligent, growing objects emphasis on process fields of interaction

17. designprocess less emphasis on traditional static qualities of form more on the orchestration of change and how well the network as a whole interacts with environment

18. designprocess life cycle management internal operation small factor in overall performance manage interaction with user, environment

19. designprocess creativity scientists and engineers cannot be expected to anticipate all consequences designers may have something to contribute

20. George Elvin, PhDsenior research associatebuilding futures instituteassociate professordepartment of architectureball state university nanotechnology and design