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Coffee cups made from waste coffee grounds
German start-up Kaffeeform designed various coffee cups, including a take-away cup, made from waste coffee grounds. Many of us love a cup of coffee in the morning, or evening, whether we’re on the go, at ...
Read more >White aluminium pavilion is inspired by author Jules Verne
For the Jinji Lake Bienniale, MARC FORNES / THEVERYMANY created a large-scale outdoor pavilion, made from white aluminium, taking inspiration from celebrated author Jules Verne’s book Voyages Extraordinaires. The pavilion, which looks like it has bubbled ...
Read more >Moon Parka is made from synthetic spider silk
Outdoor sport brand Goldwin and Japanese company Spiber developed the Moon Parka, a ski jacket made from synthetic spider silk. The parka was originally to be released by The North Face, marketed by Goldwin, in ...
Read more >The world’s lightest wheelchair will be made from graphene
Swiss-based company Küschall, in partnership with a Formula 1 manufacturer, designed what they say is the world’s lightest wheelchair, made from graphene. The Küschall Superstar, as the wheelchair will be called, has a frame that is ...
Read more >Steel chips could help clean e. coli-contaminated water
Peng Dai, a graduate student from South Dakota State University in the US, found that waste steel chips are an inexpensive yet efficient means of removing E. coli bacteria from storm water. A summer rainstorm ...
Read more >More sustainable asphalt made from recycled tires and organic wax
Ana María Rodríguez Alloza, a researcher from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), developed a new type of asphalt that could be considered more ecological, using rubber powder from recycled tires and organic waxes. To make ...
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