Manufacturing & Materials
Approximately, 45 children are killed and 1100 are hospitalized annually from furniture tip overs in the U.S. (CPSC).
The extended baseboard of the HinesLab Non-Tipping Dresser creates a freestanding dresser that can be rearranged like any other furniture without leaving holes in the walls.
The goal is keeping kids safe,
XTB™ expected benefits are light weight, superior strength, and ease of fabrication for products requiring a frame or support structure.
The XTB™ is a fabricated or extruded X section of carbon fiber crisscross wrapped in a high tensile Kevlar thread.
As a lifelong reader, I was inspired by the book, “The Diamond Age” by Neal Stephenson. In the book, a very advanced AI embedded into an indestructible book helps a little girl overcome her circumstances. This is my conception of a similar idea using extrapolations of current technology in the fields of material science and very advanced manufacturing.
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