Experiments with tiling and patterns
Parkettierungen sind Muster aus sich wiederholenden geometrischen Formen, die eine Fläche ohne Überlappung bedecken. Ein berühmtes Beispiel sind die Penrose-Muster,
March 6, 2024
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Construction of a Herrnhut Star
Der Herrnhuter Weihnachtsstern In der vorweihnachtlichen Adventszeit sind sie hier in Süddeutschland an allen Ecken zu sehen: die Herrnhuter Sterne.
December 18, 2023
Stirling engine with a stack-shaped structure
In 1980, Prof. Ivo Kolin first realized a heat engine based on the Stirling process, which used warm water as an energy source and worked with a temperature difference of less than 50° Celsius.
November 9, 2023
Water pump driven by compressed air or steam – patented
A new type of pumping system that draws its drive energy from compressed air or, for example, solar-generated water vapor and has no limitation on the delivery head.
November 6, 2023
Carbon2Chem - Exhibit to present the project
Demonstration model for visualizing the components and processes for harnessing CO2 as a fuel or raw material using catalytic reactions with green hydrogen.
April 21, 2022
Simulation of Theo Jansen’s Strandbeest
Many years ago Theo Jansen optimized the mechanism of his Strandbeest walking machines. We recreated the mechanism using a small C program and a Gnuplot visualization.
December 15, 2021
UNDER-COVER / The Bike Umbrella
A new rain protection system for bicycles: A folding canopy allows comfortable cycling in the rain without a cape or rain gear.
December 5, 2021
Escher-Penrose-Stairway
Things are not as they seem. And sometimes this leads to classification problems because the anticipated shape of things clashes with your own model of reality. :O)
August 18, 2021
Geodesic Structures
In mathematics, surface models are a fascinating way to visualize and understand complex geometric shapes. Here we look at the surface models of sphere, torus and torus node.
July 8, 2021
Thermobox - Measure Heat Transfer
Planning and construction of an experimental measuring station to determine the heat transfer of various building materials and glazing for student training on behalf of the Freiburg INATECH.
July 6, 2021
Entropy-Engine
The basic idea is to use entropy sources as a “driving force” and to transform ambient heat into exergy using a suitable (semi-)reversible process and thus make it usable as high-quality energy.
July 5, 2021
Marble Machine – Glockenspiel with Marbles
Computer-controlled metal balls fall onto different sound plates of a glockenspiel and thus produce the tones of programmable melodies.
July 5, 2021