Comments on: Breathing Walls with Shape Memory Alloy Wire

By: cat_herder

cat_herder — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 08:12:26 +0000

I’d had a twisted idea utilizing this very same wire, micro controller and an interactive pron program. Unfortunately, I thought about the effects of a shorted controller stage and the subsequent effects of excess current through the wire. Needless to say, the idea was scrapped…

By: strider_mt2k

strider_mt2k — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 18:13:13 +0000

Uh I believe the breathing walls refer to a special effect for say, a haunted house or room to freak out those on acid.

By: twistedsymphony

twistedsymphony — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:42:43 +0000

“3. Interesting, but is this a solution looking for a problem?”

Have you never met an architect before?

By: Morden

Morden — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:36:08 +0000

I believe that it is intentioned as an air circulation method. Or at least that is what I assumed after reading their article and test photos.

I doubt it is chemically and biologically secure when closed but I can see green houses and energy efficient singular level homes using it.

But it just damn looks cool also.

By: lewis

lewis — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:22:54 +0000

Interesting, but is this a solution looking for a problem?

By: Rager

Rager — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 10:59:50 +0000

That’s the stiquito! I remember that thing as a kid. Nitinol or whatnot wires on a flexible elastic frame; ingenious.

By: cbm5

cbm5 — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 02:50:26 +0000

yeah…i’ve been thinking of using some shape memory wire to animate some tivo antennae or something. should be pretty simple, four pieces inside a flexible tube.

By: Mike Witt

Mike Witt — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 02:38:01 +0000

For anyone that wants some Flexinol(TM) Wire (that’s the SMA wire) you can find it at Jameco.

I had seen it in their catalog before, and now I might just have to get some.