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A bridge made of glass-based concrete

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Canadian architectural form Provencher Roy used concrete with incorporated locally sourced recycled glass to reduce the carbon footprint of two bridges. The new bridges replace the Darwin Bridges on Nuns’ Island in Montreal, which had ...

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A phone case that sprouts plants after use

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Called the iGreen cover, the iPhone case by retail iGreen Gadgets is made of a compostable material that contains seeds, and can be planted after use. The vast majority of phone cases is made from ...

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‘3D printing’ with wool

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Dutch designer Christien Meindertsma designed a robot especially made to create three dimensional structures with wool. In the Netherlands alone, 1.5 million kg of wool is thrown away annually, as Dutch sheep are bred for ...

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3D printed tiles made from mycelium and algae

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London and New York based research and design studio bioMATTERS created a 3D printed interior tiling system made from mycelium and algae. Called MYCO-ALGA, the tiles are digitally designed using computational algorithms. Next, domestic and ...

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Is recycling the solution for plastic waste?

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Researchers from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden found toxic chemicals in recycled plastic collected in thirteen countries, including pesticides and pharmaceuticals. At first glance, recycling plastic seems to be the most obvious solution for ...

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A ‘refrigerator’ made of clay

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German designer Lea Lorenz designed a modern day version of a clay jug cooler, using evaporative cooling. Called Tony, the project is a reinterpretation of the clay jug cooler method, which uses evaporative cooling and ...

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