Laser technology developed by the Digital Nature Group have developed a small floating hologram which could be used for volumetric graphics or interfaces:
We present a method of rendering aerial and volumetric graphics using
femtosecond lasers. A high-intensity laser excites a physical matter to
emit light at an arbitrary 3D position. Popular applications can then be
explored especially since plasma induced by a femtosecond laser is
safer than that generated by a nanosecond laser. There are two methods
of rendering graphics with a femtosecond laser in air: Producing
holograms using spatial light modulation technology, and scanning of a
laser beam by a galvano mirror. The holograms and workspace of the
system proposed here occupy a volume of up to 1 cm^3; however, this size
is scalable depending on the optical devices and their setup.
Visual portfolio reel of various projects related to self-assembly robotics which could apply to architecture - a good primer on current ideas in the field:
Research from the AADRL Spyropoulos Design Lab exploring an architecture
that is self-aware, self-structured and self-assembles. The research
explores high population of mobility agents that evolve an architecture
that moves beyond the fixed and finite towards a behavioural model of
interactive human and machine ecologies.
You can find out more about the AA DRL program at their website here
The latest cool functioning creation from Jason Allemann is a Lego mosaic printer made completely out of official Lego elements. It uses a Mindstorms EV3 to scan an image and recreate it as a mosaic using 1×1 plates. Check out the video below or go to YouTube to learn how this creation was designed.
