jueves, 7 de mayo de 2009

Chameleon … not other Culture Club Song






While in Monterrey Mexico every body has been exited with the Palacio de Hierro building made by Javier Sordo Madaleno and Enrique Quintero, the building in self is a prove that Consumption it’s an important issue in architecture, these building above the fact is reach in detail in the inside, the façade is a complex lighting system that changes patterns and colors during the night, you can actually see it from any hill around this area. The building was finish on 2006 and I still go “wow” every night that I drive in front of it. The lighting system of the façade is program before hand, I would like to know is there is a way that these lights could interact to what’s happening out side or inside the building, wouldn’t be this something else?

While ago I found a car made by Sony with Toyota, called the POD which had a substantial number of sensors that scanned his owner and learn his behavior, and reacting to it. While driving when it get close to a car his LED light that runs from front to back could turn orange (Orange for SMILE). Or when the driver is making sharper turns or seams that his movements are aggressive than usual the LEDs could turn red and so on.
This year a found yet an other car that changes colors but with a low budget system (well I don’t know how much it cost) but it seems simple so it most be cheap. The Mini Chameleon which changes color depending on weather climate. For example if its raining the car changes color to improve his visibility and if is warm it can change to a color that reflex the heat. All of these is thanks to a paint technology called “FeintPaint“, develop in Spain.