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A bamboo-timber grid shell

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A team of students from Edinburgh Napier University created a grid shell structure made of a bamboo-timber composite, said to be the first of its kind. The structure, measuring 12m x 12m, is aimed as ...

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Green shade cloth

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Spanish landscaping company Singular Green developed a green shade cloth system, which allows for the installation of vegetated awnings or tensile structures covered in vegetation for urban landscaping. Plants and trees in cities provide much ...

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Acoustic panels made of mussel beards

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Belgium-based design company Seastex developed a way to convert mussel beard, a waste product of mussel fisheries, into a high-quality acoustic material. Mussel beard, also known as byssus, are natural fibres created by certain kinds ...

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Endlessly recyclable plastic made by bacteria

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Researchers at Berkeley Lab, US, developed a way to engineer bacteria to produce raw materials that can be turned into plastic, and are endlessly recyclable. The majority of the plastic products available are made of ...

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A temporary overnight location made of straw

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Dutch architects Jaap Le and Thomas Latjes designed an overnight location made of straw bales as part of a project celebrating the 200th anniversary of the city of Veenhuizen, the Netherlands. The temporary overnight location ...

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A light made with AI and 3D printing

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Designed by Dutch designer Lilian van Daal and Berlin-based studio for implementation of generative AI, Pixolid, the Rhodotus is a unique light that was designed with the support of Artificial Intelligence (AI) from a text ...

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