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Programmable water-based composites for digital design and fabrication
Aguahoja, a project by researchers at MIT’s Mediated Matter Group, is a collection of objects digitally design and robotically fabricated from the molecular components found in tree branches, insect exoskeletons and our own bones. Rather ...
Read more >Dichroic material changes colour depending on light angle
Researchers at Wageningen University in the Netherlands developed a 3D printing material that changes colour depending on the angle of the light source. The material has a red brown colour normal light. However, when there ...
Read more >A smart pocket to protect you from radiation
The fashion company Garcia collaborated with RadyGo to develop denim clothing with a smart pocket that protects your hardware from radiation from your smartphone. Smartphones are such an integrated part of life that it’s hard ...
Read more >Micro-organisms that adjust your shoes
Sports company Puma is working on an experimental sports shoe that uses biologically active materials to adapt to the wearer’s foot. The shoe, presented at Milan Design Week, is the result of a collaboration with ...
Read more >3D printing the Notre Dame from its own ashes
Dutch concrete 3D printing firm CONCR3DE suggests to rebuild the Notre Dame by 3D printing its ashes. Last week, the roof of the Notre Dame in Paris was destroyed in a fire. Since then, President ...
Read more >Furniture inlaid with shells and feathers
Welsh designer Bethan Gray and material company Nature Squared collaborated for the project Exploring Eden, a collection of furniture and accessories inlaid with natural iridescent materials like feathers and shells. Nature Squared is a material ...
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