researchers with honda, nasa, and caltech have announced a new breakthrough battery chemistry using a fuoride-ion within a liquid electrolyte.the most popular current lithium batteries may step aside for a new flouride-ion battery.
the lithium-ion carries a positive charge while fluoride is an anion – a negatively-charged ion – which means it has greater energy density but which means that they may last longer – up to eight times longer than batteries in use today. at this writing the fluride-ion will travel within a new electrolyte liquid is known as bis(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl) ether (btfe).
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House Vision was a three-week-long exhibition last March in Tokyo. Curated by Kenya Hara, it’s his vision of the future of the Japanese house, looking ahead 30-40 years. He along with his inner circle of visionary’s believe it’s their responsibility to make their visions in their heads a reality, i.e., as real as an exhibit can be: at 1:1 scale where visitors walk-in, touch, can “get it”. Much of the materials have be repurposed from something else, another group environmental statement. The design team includes shigeru ban, sou fujimoto, jun inokuma, toyo ito, toshiharu naka, yuri naruse, hirokazu suemitsu, hiroshi sugimoto, sumitomo wood and riken yamamoto, among others.
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3-4> #1 beyond the residence | lixil x toyo ito
5-6> #2 house of movement and energy | honda x sou fujimoto
7> #3 local community area principles | riken yamamoto & hirokazu suemitsu & toshiharu naka
8-10> #4 house of suki | sumitomo forestry x hiroshi sugimoto
11-12> #5 house of furniture | muji x shigeru ban
13-14> #6 superlative space | toto x yuri naruse & jun inokuma
15-16> #7 edited house | tsutaya books x real tokyo estate
18-18 > store
1,2,19-21> house vision
photography courtesy of nacása & partners inc | naoyafujii
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Here is what I think may be one of the coolest shows of the year by my favorite guy Kenya Hara. From the [ Architecture for Dogs ] in Miami to [ House Vision ] in Tokyo, this guy is arguably one of the greatest curators alive.
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For the seventh straight year, thousands of consumer voters pick their faves in five categories:
• Best All-New Production Vehicle: Ford Shelby GT500 (23 percent of vote)
• Best Concept Vehicle: Lexus LF-LC (30 percent of vote)
• Best Green Vehicle: Chevrolet Volt (24 percent of vote)
• Best Exhibit: Jeep (29 percent of vote)
• Vehicle I’d most like to have in my driveway: Ford Shelby GT500
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DesignApplause picks their faves in five categories:
• Best All-New Production Vehicle: Lexus LAF – their first super car – only 500 of them
• Best Concept Vehicle: volvo concept you – does not even look like a concept, at first glance
• Best Green Vehicle: BMW i3 “concept” – predict first in this class to hit the streets
• Best Exhibit: Honda – they create a lot of cool objects
• Vehicle I’d most like to have in my driveway: Audi R8 Spyder
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