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RepAir: Cleaning the air with a T-shirt

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Italian start-up Kloters developed a unisex T-shirt called RepAir, made from organic cotton, containing an insert made of air-cleaning fabric. Indoors or outdoors, we are continuously breathing in bad air. The impact of air pollution ...

Cloak: mix ‘n’ match a watch with various materials

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Cloak is a unisex watch designed by Mule Studio, consisting of fully interchangeable elements made from various materials, including stone, wood and metal. Cloak is said to be the first ever watch to feature fully ...

Biobased

New solar cells could make use of fungi-produced pigment

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Researchers at Oregon State University are working with a highly durable organic pigment called xylidein derived from wood-eating fungi, as an alternative to silicon in optoelectronic applications, such as solar cells. Optoelectronics is technology working ...

Biobased

Recycling coffee grounds

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In addition to recycling materials like paper and glass, UK recycling company Paper Round collects coffee grounds separately, to be turned into bio-fuel by start-up Bio-Bean. Many of us like or can’t even function without ...

Building with mud on International Mud Day

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For International Mud Day, we show you some institutions that are getting their hands dirty to build sustainably with mud. The most common construction materials are bricks and concrete. However, both these material come with ...

Sense & Sensibility

Woody Collection extends the limit of wood’s curvature

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Designer Philippe Starck designed a collection of chairs called Woody, demonstrating the possibilities of wood combined with plastic. The wood is machined with a mould that can extend the limit of curvature of the panel, ...