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Gone offers a biodegradable alternative to plastic packaging

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With her project Gone, designer Lizzie Wright developed a plant-based bioplastic material that is fully compostable in a matter of days, especially with packaging for energy gels for athletes in mind. Many single-use products or ...

A ceramic dripping machine to create structures, graphics and textures

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With the project Moca, Studio Joachim-Morineau developed a dripping machine that drips liquid clay at a certain rhythm to create various structures, graphics and textures. The project combines technology with craft with a human or ...

Embroidering batteries onto garments

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Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, led by materials chemist Trisha L. Andrew, developed a method to make a charge-storing system which can be embroidered onto any garment. In the field of wearable devices, ...

Using fungi to produce everyday products

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Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology are developing techniques to produce fungi that can replace petroleum in everyday products on an industrial scale. Many products, including detergents, cosmetics and clothes are ...

Tableware glazed with Rotterdam’s dirty air

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Worried about the air quality in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Dutch designers Annemarie Piscaer and Iris de Kievith developed a method to turn air pollution into a glaze for tableware, which they call SerVies. The state ...

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A ‘lava river’ made from paper origami

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As part of the Lluérnia Festival of Fire and Light in Catalonia, David Oliva of Spanish architectural firm SP25 Arquitecura and Anna Juncà from Atelier 4 designed a river of ‘lava’ made from over 10,000 ...