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Pine cone-inspired building shades open and close autonomously without electricity
Think of a building shading system that intelligently adapts to changing weather conditions, and operates without an external ...
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Pine cone-inspired shading system keeps buildings cool without electricity
Scientists at the universities of Stuttgart and Freiburg have developed an amazing shading system for buildings that adjusts ...
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Self-adjusting shading system mimics pine cones for energy-autonomous weather response
Using pine cones as a model, researchers at the universities of Stuttgart and Freiburg have developed a new, ...
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Pine cones as inspiration: New weather-responsive, self-adjusting shading system operates energy-autonomously
“Inspired by the hygroscopic movements of the scales of pine cones and the bracts of silver thistle, Solar Gate has succeeded in translating not only the high functionality and robustness of ...