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Towards industrial products from microalgae

Microalgae show an enormous potential as sustainable feedstock for numerous bioproducts. The current work analyzes the feasibility of business cases for different markets of products from microalgae. We perform a techno-economic evaluation of the whole process chain including cultivation, biorefinery and market exploitation for a 100 hectares facility in six locations. Our projections show a cu...

Classification of Aesthetic Curves and Surfaces for Industrial Designs

There always have been patterns where there have been designs. Figure 1 shows both very famous, aesthetically beautiful, but perfectly different two statues that are known as treasures of the world. The statue of David, for example, gives us sharp, or even likely, European impression while the statue of Basara gives us centripetal, oriental impression. Figure 2. Celica (Toyota, Japan) and F355 ...

Spacedesign: A Mixed Reality Workspace for Aesthetic Industrial Design

Spacedesign is an innovative Mixed Reality (MR) application addressed to aesthetic design of free form curves and surfaces. It is a unique and comprehensive approach which uses task-specific configurations to support the design workflow from concept to mock-up evaluation and review. The first-phase conceptual design benefits from a workbench-like 3-D display for free hand sketching, surfacing a...

Aesthetic Trinity Theory and the Sublime

The recently developed Aesthetic Trinity Theory (ATT) is concerned with the categorization, description, and empirical analysis of aesthetic experiences of different quality and intensity — especially peak experiences. Its approach is derived from psychological aesthetics and the emerging field of experimental philosophy. A tripartite hierarchy is proposed: Aesthetic awe, as the peak experience...