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| SPACE MASTER - Educational Aid and Toy
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| Reference: |
IRCPK/04/TO/06 |
| Organization: |
Cracow University of Technology |
| IRC Name: |
IRC South Poland |
| Country: |
Poland |
| Entry Date: |
Tue, March 20, 2001 |
| Last Update: |
Tue, April 23, 2002 |
| Deadline: |
Fri, April 18, 2003 |
| Abstract:
The SPACE MASTER educational aid and toy consist of a set of bars
and connecting pieces of which one can compose a spatial lattice
(framework) of any shape. It can be made into any plane or spatial
geometrical figure, model of any structure or building, a
crystallographic model etc. SPACE MASTER can be useful for children
as a toy, for teachers as a didactic aid, and for designers of
complicated spatial structures. The Polish company is looking for a
manufacturing agreement. |
| Description:
A SPACE MASTER is an educational toy developed by a Polish
company, consisting of a set containing 200 bars and 200 connecting
pieces made of polypropylene and polyethylene respectively. The bars
come in five different lengths - from 30 mm to 80 mm long - applied
in the basic set but they may be also cut shorter (with a sharp
knife) to obtain other lengths if necessary. The outer diameter of a
bar is about 6 mm. A connecting piece is flexible and has from 3 to
8 fingers. To make a truss joint the fingers are inserted into the
ends of the bar. Longer bars may be supplied for special purposes.
Moreover the number of bars and the number of their lengths as well
as the number of connecting pieces may be increased according to
individual demands.
Innovative Aspects: SPACE MASTER is
a toy and an educational aid at the same time. The simplicity of
composing special structures is unique. It develops creative
imagination.
Main Advantages: With a sufficient number
of SPACE MASTER bars and connecting pieces, one can build not only
the Eiffel Tower model, but also an endless variety of structures.
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| Technology Keywords: |
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| Current Stage of Development: |
Available for demonstration |
| Exploitation of RTD Results: |
PRIVATE RESEARCH |
| Intellectual Property Rights: |
Patent(s) granted
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| Comments |
patent granted in Poland |
| Organisation/Company Type: |
Research institute/University |
| Organisation/Company Size: |
>500 |
| Brief Market Application Codes: |
- OTHERS (Specify in Market Application Highlights)
Comments
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| Detailed Market Application Codes
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Keywords
Highlights toys |
| Collaboration Type: |
- Manufacturing agreement (Subcontracting & Co-contracting)
Comments The Polish company is looking for a
manufacturing agreement; partner from industry is sought. |
| Preferred Countries for diffusion: |
ALL |
| Additional
Information: |
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| Contact Name: |
Kubik |
| Contact First name: |
Artur |
| Phone: |
+48 12 628 28 45 |
| Fax: |
+48 12 632 47 95 |
| Email: |
mailto:akubik@transfer.edu.pl |