Credibility

Evidence, not adjectives.

Everything in the pitch rests on things that already exist: granted patents, papers, products people paid for, two companies, and a decade of filings you can look up.

8
Granted U.S. patents (1 String Cubed, 7 Timeplast) + Japan and Europe
2
Pending U.S. applications, incl. vapor cooling (US 2026/0061664 A1)
100+
Functional materials sold; thousands of customers
4
Papers: Programming Matter · Manufacturing Function, Not Only Form · Universal Prosperity · Singular City
Intellectual property

Look them up.

Granted · String Cubed

U.S. Patent 12,564,142 B1

"5-Dimensional Analog-Automated Object to Grow Seeds Without Human Intervention in Any Environment." Issued March 3, 2026. The Bloominite seed pod, a five-dimensional object.

Pending
Vapor Cooling 3D Printing for Bio-Active and Heat-Labile Materials, US 2026/0061664 A1 (Appl. 19/310,058)
Pending
Photovoltaic Printable Matrix, App. 19/654,878 (co-owned)
Granted · Timeplast

Seven U.S. patents

Copolymer with Programmable Water Solubility (10,947,332 · 11,851,535), Upcycling Process for Unsorted Waste Stream (10,954,354 · 11,760,859), Dynamic Depolymerization Reactor (11,180,618 · 11,639,424), Composition for the Degradation of Plastic (9,181,412).

International
Japan 7679104 (granted 2025) · EP 4229121 (granted 2026) · two pending
Tests
Avomeen certificate of dissolution · 40 PFAS tested, 0 detected
Papers

The theory, the protocol, the why.

P·01
Programming Matter

Proposes Geo-Physical Computing: end-to-end analog computation performed by the geometry, chemistry and physics of an object. Stage 1 and the close of Stage 4.

Read the paper
P·02
Manufacturing Function, Not Only Form

A preregistration protocol: the four chemistry spaces, an entry-level panel (vanillin, α-tocopherol, ε-poly-L-lysine, thermostable α-amylase) and a definitive panel (d-limonene, ascorbic acid, lactase, nisin). Method and pass thresholds are fixed before any data exists; an independent lab is to run it. No data yet. Stage 2.

Read the paper
P·04
Singular City

A Civilization Bootstrap for Universal Prosperity: the quests, the mall beta and the communities. Stage 4 and Singular City.

Read the paper
P·03
Universal Prosperity

Material abundance as an alternative to universal basic income. Stage 3.

Read the paper
Products people paid for

Function, shipped.

Printable soap

Detergent filament, six generations

Photovoltaic filament

First printable solar material

Fish Bait filament

Shrimp-meal protein carried through the nozzle

Bloominite

Patented self-farming seed pod, retail $10

Plant Vitamin

Slow-release NPK filament

TimeStraw

10,000 sold out in hours; ASTM E1148-02

100+ TimeMass filaments

Fire, cinnamon, UV, desalination, lithophane…

TimePen

Handheld functional extruder

Two companies

Who does what.

String Cubed, Inc. · Florida · Winter Springs. Analog computing: the nine analog principles, the functional-object designs, the vapor-cooling process, the Manifester's hardware and logic. Founded by Manuel Rendon, sole inventor on all filings.

stringcubed.com
TIMEPLAST

Timeplast, Inc. · Delaware · Winter Springs. The material platform: time-programmable, water-soluble polymers, 70% water. Seven U.S. patents and a 12-extruder facility; covered by CNN en Español, Equiplast/TV3, Fabbaloo and Tom's Hardware.

timeplast.com
Manuel Rendon
Founder

Manuel Rendon. Environmental engineer (UNET, Venezuela); formerly at PepsiCo, as international environmental health and safety coordinator; filed his first U.S. patent for plastic degradation in 2014 and left to found Timeplast; wrote his first scientific paper on plastic pollution in 2004. Marquis Who's Who honoree.

Press

Coverage.

OutletStory
AccessNewswireMarquis Who's Who honoree Manuel Rendon announces patent for analog computing innovation
CNN en Español · TV3 · Fabbaloo · Tom's HardwareTimeplast material demonstrations and TimeMass filament reviews