Monday, January 21, 2013

industrial uses for knitted textiles

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The University of Michigan has a new program which encourages faculty to collaborate with others in different departments.

One of the main points in Model Thinking was that a diverse group of people will (on average) find better solutions to complex problems than a group of similar people (or than one totally brilliant person).

Here is one example of a trio of people working on a collaborative project.  Hand knitters have known for a long time that a continuously knit object has many strengths an object composed of pieces does not have.  The researchers working on this project are looking at using computer-controlled machines to knit objects for many different purposes.  Medical, industrial, building construction.....

Cool.


Here's where to browse the projects that have been funded.

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