Advanced Materials for Interior Designers and Architecture Part 1

Translucent Concrete
Translucent concrete is a material with light transmission. This is because to optical fibers are embedded in it. The optical fiber is made to go through the complete object we get light patterns on the other surface. Translucent concrete combines the strength of concrete with the properly making light pass through it.

Sensing tile is material which lights up when we walk on it. There are several manufacturers of these heat sensitive tiles which are concrete embedded with optical fibers and can respond to shadow and heat of the human body, the light sensors in them make the tiles glow. For example in the night you need to go to the refrigerator, the sensing tile will light up your path sensing your shadow.
Electrified Wood
Electrified wood is pressed with two integrated conducting layers make electricity flow.

With this wood synthesis is made by combining wood and electricity and Furniture like chairs, tables, lamps and shelves create relationships that was hitherto not possible because cable and other lighting fixtures that were needed may lose their use.

Rich-lite is made with 70 % recycled paper. The counter tops are made by treating paper with a resin, and then baking it to create solid sheets. Rich-lite was first used in the aerospace, boating, and sports industries as reinforcement for surfaces like fiberglass, but now is available for architectural purposes as well.
This cement is mixed with micro capsules that release a glue-like epoxy resin that will automatically repair any cracks that form in the concrete. In addition this cement will have the ability to regulate heat. Phase-change materials that can absorb or release large amounts of heat have also been included in the ingredients.
Carbon fiber is an extremely strong, lightweight material. It's five times as strong as steel, two times as stiff, yet weighs about two thirds less.