There is provided a novel a non-toxic self-adhesive shear thickening dilatant fluid and process for the formation thereof comprising the sequential steps of forming a gel comprising a first portion of starch and water and adding a sufficient second portion of dry non-toxic solid material to said gel to form a kneadable solid which is dry to the touch. In particular it is directed to a material whose base is corn starch.

Panels having a decorative surface may include a substrate and a top layer, and the top layer may include a paper layer having a printed pattern. A method for manufacturing such panels may involve providing the paper layer with a treatment, and providing the treated paper layer with at least a portion of the printed pattern. Providing the portion of the printed pattern may involve depositing pigment containing inks on the treated paper layer using a digital inkjet printer. The pigments may be color pigments. The digital inkjet printer may include print heads with nozzles for firing droplets of the pigment containing inks onto the treated paper layer. A contact angle at the interface between the droplets of pigment containing ink and the treated paper layer may be between 0? and 90?.

The present invention relates to a macroscopic, two or three-dimensional support medium that facilitates artistic expression and the creation and display of macroscopic design that is applied art, architecture and art. The invention also relates to various methods of making such novel support mediums and the works of design that is applied art, architecture and art they are made as or into. Examples are works of design, architecture and art made with aesthetic and/or functional properties from the use of nanomaterials.

A method for manufacturing a paper layer having a printed pattern, to be used in the manufacturing of panels may involve providing the paper layer with a treatment, including providing the paper layer with an ink receiving substance. The treated paper layer may be provided with at least a portion of the printed pattern. Providing the portion of the printed pattern may involve depositing pigment containing inks on the treated paper layer using a digital inkjet printer. The pigment containing inks may be water-based. The digital inkjet printer may include print heads with nozzles. The depositing may involve firing droplets of pigment containing inks from the nozzles onto the treated paper layer. The paper layer may be fed from a roll, printed upon, and rolled back up again.

An electronic device comprises a cover and an outer casing. The cover includes a first light transmitting substrate layer and a first pattern layer. The first pattern layer is attached to bottom of the first light transmitting substrate layer and includes a plurality of first microstructure patterns. The outer casing is mounted on the cover. The outer casing includes a second light transmitting protection layer and a second pattern layer. The second light transmitting protection layer includes a first surface facing the cover. The second pattern layer is configured at the first surface of the second light transmitting protection layer. The second pattern layer includes a plurality of second microstructure patterns. The first pattern layer and the second pattern layer are superimposed to form a virtual pattern image.

An electronic device comprises a cover and an outer casing. The cover includes a first light transmitting substrate layer and a first pattern layer. The first pattern layer is attached to bottom of the first light transmitting substrate layer and includes a plurality of first microstructure patterns. The outer casing is mounted on the cover. The outer casing includes a second light transmitting protection layer and a second pattern layer. The second light transmitting protection layer includes a first surface facing the cover. The second pattern layer is configured at the first surface of the second light transmitting protection layer. The second pattern layer includes a plurality of second microstructure patterns. The first pattern layer and the second pattern layer are superimposed to form a virtual pattern image.

This is a method to alter a two-dimensional work into a three-dimensional version of that work, and then disguise it as a common two-dimensional work. The two-dimensional work must be malleable or made malleable by adhering a malleable backing, such as sheet metal, such that it retains the new shape when bent. Foreground elements of the work's subject matter are then moved physically closer to the viewer than background elements by sculpting techniques like bending, thus making the original work now three-dimensional. The work is then enclosed in a structure like a box with a window allowing the work to be seen. The window obscures the edges of the work such that viewing the art from multiple angles doesn't easily reveal the edge of work.

The present invention comprises a novel three-dimensional visual representation on the surface of an object formed by applying liquid nail polish or a solvent to polystyrene foam or any suitable polymer foam using well-known techniques. The products of the present invention have applications in venues including arts and crafts, topographic map-making, construction and household uses.

The present invention comprises a novel three-dimensional visual representation on the surface of an object formed by applying liquid nail polish or a solvent to polystyrene foam or any suitable polymer foam using well-known techniques. The products of the present invention have applications in venues including arts and crafts, topographic map-making, construction and household uses.

A method for affixing a decorative object on an object that is to be decorated includes a process for causing the force holding the decorative object on an affixing film to differ locally; a process for attaching the decorative object on the surface of the affixing film on the side facing the object that is to be decorated; a process for disposing the affixing film to face the object that is to be decorated; and a process for, after air inside a cover and a vessel has been evacuated, introducing a fluid into the space between the affixing film and the cover, and applying pressure to affix the decorative object on the object that is to be decorated.