Inside, the warehouse was a big open hall, divided into metal cages piled high with different grades of insulating material.

NEWYORKER: Friendly Fire

To enable this material to store electrical energy, two layers of woven fibres are made into a sandwich, separated by a thin layer of a glass-based insulating material.

ECONOMIST: Carbon-composite batteries

Whenever the ambient heat reaches your set comfort level (which can be controlled from the web or a smartphone app), the fan will shut off and the insulating cover -- described to us as ironing board material -- will prevent additional heat from escaping.

ENGADGET

This microscopic scale and sensitivity allows the sensor to map a high-resolution image of electrical charge that occurs over the surface of a source material (for example a human finger), when it makes contact with a thin insulating surface (ie a plastic surface).

FORBES: Can Forensic Scientists Tell How Old A Fingerprint Is?