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A Mobile System for the On-Site Assembly of Timber Frame Components: The Development of an Agile, Low-Cost Alternative to Offsite Prefabrication

Sustainability, 2022
Prefabricated timber component-based systems are the most prevalent industrialised system used to build housing. Along with many other countries, the UK has invested in different types of factory-based prefabrication systems as a means of increasing ...
Stuart Gee, Andre Brown
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Multi‐Functional Adaptive Interfaces for Next‐Generation Wearable and Implantable Bioelectronics

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Adaptive Biointerfaces: A comprehensive overview of next‐generation bioelectronics is presented, highlighting mechano‐adaptive and biophysiologically adaptive interfaces that enable stable, long‐term integration with living tissues. As illustrated in the image, adaptive interface strategies, including mechano‐adaptivity (e.g., injectability, shape ...
Jinhong Park, Junyoung Ha, Do Gyun Kim, Soo‐Hong Lee, Hyun‐Do Jung, Ja Hoon Koo, Gi Doo Cha, Dong Chan Kim   +7 more
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Complex Curved Storefront: The Looking Glass

Challenging Glass Conference Proceedings, 2020
A bespoke structural glass storefront is designed for the P.C. Hooftstraat 138. Developer Warenar Real Estate assembled a design team with UNStudio, Arup and Octatube.
Chris Noteboom, Peter Lenk, Iris Rombouts, Erik van der Thiel   +3 more
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Vascularized Cardiac Tissue Engineering: From Advances in Biofabrication to Translational Applications

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
This review presents a process‐oriented framework for vascularized cardiac tissue engineering, highlighting how the coordinated design of cells, biomaterials, and biofabrication strategies enables the functional development or vascularized myocardium for disease modelling and drug discovery.
Yang Liu, Zijie Zhang, Hongbin Li, Lino Prados‐Martin, Huanhong Li, Feng Cheng, Xia Tu, Khoon S. Lim, Wanlu Li, Mian Wang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Towards digital automation flexibility in large-scale timber construction: integrative robotic prefabrication and co-design of the BUGA Wood Pavilion

Construction Robotics, 2020
This paper discusses the digital automation workflows and co-design methods that made possible the comprehensive robotic prefabrication of the BUGA Wood Pavilion—a large-scale production case study of robotic timber construction.
H. Wagner, Martín Alvarez, Abel Groenewolt, A. Menges   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

AI Guided Protein Design for Next‐Generation Autogenic Engineered Living Materials

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Autogenic engineered living materials (ELMs) integrate biology and materials science to create self‐regenerating and self‐healing materials. This perspective highlights emerging strategies in protein engineering and AI‐guided de novo design to expand the capabilities of autogenic ELMs.
Hoda M. Hammad, Anna M. Duraj‐Thatte
wiley   +1 more source

Bibliometric Analysis of the Intersection of Circular Economy, Prefabrication, and Modularity in the Building Industry

Buildings
This study aims to examine the latest literature at the intersection of prefabrication, modularity, and the circular economy (CE) through a bibliometric analysis.
Nelson Soares, Vanessa Tavares
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Studies of the Prefabricated Housing Construction Market in Poland

Selected Scientific Papers: Journal of Civil Engineering, 2014
The directions of development of the construction market are not only related to the need to own one’s own home but also to increasing functional and economic requirements and conditions of sustainable development.
Radziszewska-Zielina Elżbieta, Gleń Monika   +1 more
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Modular Electronic Microrobots With Onboard Sensor‐Program‐Steered Locomotion

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
Modular electronic smartlet microrobots integrate ambient‐light energy harvesting, photodetection, programmable CMOS control, and bubble‐based actuation within a sub‐millimeter fold‐up architecture. A 58‐bit on‐board CMOS chiplet enables sensor–program steered switching between independently addressable actuators, achieving closed‐loop 2D navigation in
Vineeth K. Bandari, Yeji Lee, Pranathi Adluri, Daniil Karnaushenko, Dmitriy D. Karnaushenko, John S. McCaskill, Oliver G. Schmidt   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Constructability in industrial plants construction: a BIM-lean approach using the Digital Obeya Room framework

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 2017
One of the main problems the construction industry faces is the high cost and slow execution time due to inadequate planning, which results in poor use of human resources.
Daniel Luiz de Mattos Nascimento, Elisa Dominguez Sotelino, Thiago Pires Santoloni Lara, Rodrigo Goyannes Gusmão Caiado, Paulo Ivson   +4 more
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