HouMinn's new wall prototype - Oswall - is featured in UMN news
Thursday, July 9, 2009 at 01:34PM 
Marc recently applied for and received a University of Minnesota Imagine Fund Grant to support the development and construction of HouMinn's latest wall prototype project, called "Oswall" (Open Souce Wall). We will be posting more information on Oswall in the coming months, so please check back. The following will be of particular interest to fellow designers, engineers, or creatively minded folks. We will be soliciting your help to assist us in developing ideas for wall "apps" (applications). We will post on our website the specifications for these apps, in downloadable formats, in hopes that you might submit a design idea or two. These apps could simply be static wall surfaces that keep the rain out (dumb apps) or they could be more sophistocated modules that dynamically adjust how much light, air, or water infiltrate the house (smart apps). We need both varieties. We will be selecting a number of the most compelling apps to fabricate for final production of the Oswall prototype (Full credit given to the designer of course). To learn more, watch the interview (it's only about 3 minutes long) to learn more about this exciting new project. You will have to scroll down the page a little bit, then hit play on the Flash Movie link at University of Minnesota's website.
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