← Sapienstone SmartSlab
The SmartSlab Table uses discreet digital devices embedded in a thin, ceramic table-top in order to control temperature at various points across the table’s surface. The table acts as an artistic investigation for SmartSlab, a new LTC sensor / actuator composite material, developed by Kram / Weisshaar for the Iris Ceramica Group.
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Together with a small team I worked on every aspecet of the project, from material research, the entire electrical engineering, thermal dynamics simulations, and microcontroller programming.
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First shown at the Salone del Mobile in 2016, six SmartSlab tables were aligned in the historical Sala Tiepolo of Palazzo Clerici and used for two dinners cooked by three-star Michelin chef Massimo Bottura.
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