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Huh, the temperature-sensitive glass [1] featured on the home page seems backwards. The coolest parts are red, and the hottest parts, blue. (This violates color

by alanh 15y ago

Huh, the temperature-sensitive glass [1] featured on the home page seems backwards. The coolest parts are red, and the hottest parts, blue. (This violates color theory and standard heat maps.) [1]: http://www.inventables.com/technologies/temperature-sensitive-glass http://www.inventables.com/technologies/temperature-sensitiv...

coderdude 15y ago
Under "existing uses" on that page they show examples of how it really looks (which should be correct I think). Inventables photoshops a lot of their images. They might have just touched that one up as well.
pyre 15y ago
From the FAQ: > The base color can also be color matched to virtually > any color imaginable.
- MindTwister 15y ago
  Also > • Tiles that appear black at room temperature and move through the color > spectrum when temperature (warm water, radiant heat, etc.) is applied. Now I want a shower curtain thats translucent when in ambient temperature, then turns (red/green/white/black/whatever) while the shower is on (hot water).
mootothemax 15y ago
At $33/each, they're also astoundingly expensive to buy from this site; by my calculations, one wall of the shower featured in this photo cost a minimum of $4,620 in tiling alone: http://cdn.inventables.com/technology_application_images/5654/2146_App_Temperature-Sensitive_Glass_Tiles_Shower_big.jpg http://cdn.inventables.com/technology_application_images/565... Very cool stuff, but at quite a heavy price ;)
- iliis 15y ago
  Yes, inventables.com has some really cool stuff, but they are sometimes too expensive. For example, the "Super absorbent polymer spheres" [1] are also available from ThinkGeek for a lot less [2] (And you'll probably get them elsewhere even cheaper) [1] http://www.inventables.com/technologies/super-absorbent-polymer-spheres http://www.inventables.com/technologies/super-absorbent-poly... [2] https://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/science/cd32?srp=2 https://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/science/cd32?srp=2

by alanh 15y ago

coderdude 15y ago

Under "existing uses" on that page they show examples of how it really looks (which should be correct I think). Inventables photoshops a lot of their images. They might have just touched that one up as well.

pyre 15y ago

From the FAQ: > The base color can also be color matched to virtually > any color imaginable.

MindTwister 15y ago
Also > • Tiles that appear black at room temperature and move through the color > spectrum when temperature (warm water, radiant heat, etc.) is applied. Now I want a shower curtain thats translucent when in ambient temperature, then turns (red/green/white/black/whatever) while the shower is on (hot water).

mootothemax 15y ago

At $33/each, they're also astoundingly expensive to buy from this site; by my calculations, one wall of the shower featured in this photo cost a minimum of $4,620 in tiling alone: http://cdn.inventables.com/technology_application_images/5654/2146_App_Temperature-Sensitive_Glass_Tiles_Shower_big.jpg http://cdn.inventables.com/technology_application_images/565... Very cool stuff, but at quite a heavy price ;)

iliis 15y ago
Yes, inventables.com has some really cool stuff, but they are sometimes too expensive. For example, the "Super absorbent polymer spheres" [1] are also available from ThinkGeek for a lot less [2] (And you'll probably get them elsewhere even cheaper) [1] http://www.inventables.com/technologies/super-absorbent-polymer-spheres http://www.inventables.com/technologies/super-absorbent-poly... [2] https://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/science/cd32?srp=2 https://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/science/cd32?srp=2