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Lamps made of fallen leaves

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Italian designer Jasmin Castagnaro designed light shades and other products made with naturally fallen leaves and bioresin. The project comes forth of Castagnaro’s desire to find alternative materials to plastic and using the natural resources ...

Mimicking wood’s cellular structure with 3D printing

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Researcher at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden succeeded in 3D printing with a wood-based ink in a way that mimics the cellular architecture of wood. Wood’s growth is controlled by its genetic code, which ...

This solar car sails on the wind

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The latest solar car by the student team from the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands for the biennial Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in Australia is built in such a way that it ‘sails’ ...

A digitally knitted pavilion made of recycled bottles

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A team of researchers of the Material Balance Research Group from the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, developed a digitally knitted pavilion made of recycled plastic bottles. Called Senseknit, the aim of the project was to ...

Bioplastic made from aquafaba from chickpeas

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Designer Paula Nerlich developed a type of bioplastic based on aquafaba from chickpeas. Aquafaba is the viscous water in which legume sees have been cooked. The substance is a by-product from the preparation of legumes ...

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3D printed customised accessories for gamers

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A collaboration between Ikea, Unyq and Area Academy presents the first prototypes from their series of 3D printed products for gamers which can be customised for individual use. Worldwide, more than 2 billion people are ...