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A T-shirt made of banana plants
Swiss bag brand QWSTION created a jersey version of their Bananatex material, also made of banana plants, which they used to create a T-shirt. Nearly 70% of all textiles in the fashion industry are plastic-based. ...
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A 3D printed surfboard made of seaweed
Breton company Paradoxal Surfboards creates 3D printed boards made with upcycled algae and biosourced fibres as an alternative to commonly used polyurethane foam. Polystyrene or polyurethane are the two materials used in almost all surfboards ...
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A timber vertical garden made with artificial intelligence
Researchers at the Gramazio Kohler Research, part of ETH Zürich, developed a vertical garden made of timber pods and designed with artificial intelligence. Called Semiramis, the architectural installation is constructed at the entrance of Tech ...
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A 3D printed store façade made of reclaimed fishing nets
Dutch architectural studio MVRDV designed the façade of the Tiffany & Co. store in Singapore’s Changi Airport, which is made of 3D printed reclaimed fishing nets. According to the architects, “MVRDV identified a series of ...
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A low-carbon cement alternative
MIT spinoff start-up C-Crete developed an alternative to traditional cement made of locally available mineral feedstocks, which reduces the CO2 emissions of concrete drastically. As the binder ingredient in concrete, cement has a very high ...
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A bamboo canopy
Created by Shanghai-based studio llLab, the pavilion is handwoven from multidirectional strips of bamboo to show the potential of bamboo in construction applications. Called Bamboo Cloud, focuses on the relationships between inherent material properties and ...
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